under fire
Example Sentences
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So-called giga-projects, such as the Line and Trojena, have revised their ambitions downward amid the financial realities of a Saudi Arabia under fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
“A homemade ballistic missile made in record time under fire was used on the battlefield,” said Iryna Terekh, the chief executive of Fire Point, the company that manufactured the missile.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
But the idea that oxygen has always been beneficial for all eukaryotes has come under fire in recent years.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
Meta, alongside other social media apps, is under fire around the world as 2026 is shaping up to be a year of reckoning for the entire industry - perhaps our days of doomscrolling are numbered.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Our thoughts are clay, they are moulded with the changes of the days;—when we are resting they are good; under fire, they are dead.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
