under fire
Example Sentences
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The baseball entertainer had come under fire for a since-deleted comment left under a video posted to TikTok last week by Banana Ball team Loco Beach Coconuts .
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
The university's administration is under fire over its alleged mishandling of the October 2024 incident and, according to US media, now faces a no-confidence vote by Cornell faculty.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 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
The board brought him in for the job after a failed external search to replace Ken Lewis, who resigned under fire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
On November 24, 1891, Burnham wrote to James Dredge to report that once again he was under fire over the issue of structural integrity.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
