under fire

Example Sentences

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Concerns over a possible private-credit crisis is intensifying as Wall Street’s biggest banks have increasingly come under fire for their significant exposure.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026

The move was likely in the works before the latest kerfuffle over Kimmel, who is under fire for a comedic bit that satirized the annual Washington gala that Trump attended for the first time.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

Low-cost Spanish regional airline Volotea has come under fire for saying it will add a surcharge to tickets it has already sold and is being challenged by local consumer rights groups.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

Around the altar, placards bearing the names of Christian villages in south Lebanon -- cut off from the rest of the country or under fire -- had been placed.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

I was learning under fire how the press, when it wants to, can twist, and slant.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey