cross fire
- a variation of crossfire.
Example Sentences
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The chemical war is never won, and all life is caught in its cross fire.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 3, 2017
And then you have Turk and Yazidi minorities caught in the cross fire.
From New York Times ● Oct. 18, 2016
In the flow of a high-profile playoff series, there always seems to be one player caught in the night’s cross fire, having to answer for the previous game, under pressure to make amends.
From New York Times ● May 23, 2016
The sniping within the Cabinet unsettled some European officials who found themselves caught in the cross fire.
From Time Magazine Archive
“My turn,” Seven said, holding up the mirror and facing the side of the building so the other Witchlings wouldn’t get caught in the spell’s cross fire and age even further.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
