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Carter could be in the firing line after starting the game but being hooked for Niamh Charles after an hour of play.
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Oli Gamp, New York Times, 9 July 2025
Service sectors including financial services, healthcare, and technology services are squarely in the firing line.
—Forrester, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
Sweeping tariffs shake the auto industry and its consumers
Audi is directly in the firing line of Trump's tariffs, with its best-selling U.S. model, the Q5, produced in Mexico, and its remaining models all coming from Europe or elsewhere.
—Christina Amann and Victoria Waldersee, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
The most prominent in the firing line was Perkins Coie, the firm that represented the presidential campaign of 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 22 Mar. 2025
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Oli Gamp, New York Times, 9 July 2025
Service sectors including financial services, healthcare, and technology services are squarely in the firing line.
—Forrester, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
Sweeping tariffs shake the auto industry and its consumers
Audi is directly in the firing line of Trump's tariffs, with its best-selling U.S. model, the Q5, produced in Mexico, and its remaining models all coming from Europe or elsewhere.
—Christina Amann and Victoria Waldersee, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
The most prominent in the firing line was Perkins Coie, the firm that represented the presidential campaign of 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 22 Mar. 2025
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“In the firing line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20firing%20line. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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