under fire
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Fox is under fire for missing on-field action during the first match of the World Cup last week.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026
Gulf nations that host U.S. facilities came under fire overnight.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
And at a press conference on the shortage of non-fossil fuels needed to decarbonise air travel, EU regulations on the minimum amounts of such fuels required in aircraft tanks came under fire.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
“DOGE,” as Elon Musk dubbed the entity, has come under fire from two other whistleblowers for mishandling data and compromising the Social Security numbers of every American.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
The place was never mortared, never taken under fire, and the war seemed to be somewhere far away.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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