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• This isn't the first time Biden has come under fire for his relationship with the crown prince.
  — Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2022
• Chapek has come under fire from fans for many, many decisions.
  — Vulture, 20 Nov. 2022
• Tony Dungy has come under fire for some recent comments.
  — Tara Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Jan. 2023
• The high cost of commissary merchandise and calls behind bars has come under fire over the last decade across the country.
  — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2023
• By that point, Vega and Hernandez had already come under fire for their role in the Guardado killing in June 2020.
  — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
• This practice has come under fire due to privacy concerns for girls who are now living in a world where Roe v. Wade is no longer the law of the land.
  — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Nov. 2022
• The attachments have come under fire in recent years due to the numerous mass shootings in which they have been used.
  — Justin Klawans, The Week, 3 Oct. 2022
• The measure is one of a slew of bills referred to the House Committee to change 8-30g, which has come under fire repeatedly.
  — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2023
• BlackRock is not the only big asset manager to come under fire in the United States.
  — Maureen Farrell, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2022
• But carbon credits have come under fire lately and the future of that industry is in doubt.
  — Gabriel Popkin Audra Melton, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2023
• The tracks and vehicles have come under fire from Russian forces, but they have been quickly repaired by Ukrainian crews.
  — Matt Viser and Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Anchorage Daily News, 21 Feb. 2023
• Even art-history courses have come under fire for smuggling into the classroom, via the ...
  — Rich Lowry, National Review, 3 Feb. 2023
• Lincoln is thought to remain the only sitting president to come under fire.
  — Leah Vredenbregt, ABC News, 20 Feb. 2023
• This seemed like a watershed moment for the Hall of Fame, which has come under fire — as has the whole voting process — for being tone deaf to today’s reality.
  — Mark Faller, The Arizona Republic, 27 Dec. 2022
• Keim, as well as head coach Kliff Kingsbury, have come under fire for the team's 4-9 record this season with many calling for the Cardinals to fire the general manager and head coach.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 16 Dec. 2022
• Amazon has often come under fire for its lax product controls.
  — WIRED, 24 Feb. 2023
• Despite the White House involvement, Haaland has come under fire for the decision to approve Willow.
  — Matthew Daly, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2023
• Billionaires and celebrities in the US have also come under fire on social media for their constant private air travel.
  — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 19 Oct. 2022
• Other recent Broadway film-to-stage adaptations, such as Tootsie and Mrs. Doubtfire, have come under fire for their use of cisgender actors in roles that use the idea of a man in a dress as part of their humor.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 4 Oct. 2022
• Politicians and other public figures are constantly spewing the same hatred that J.K. Rowling has come under fire for.
  — Patricia Karounos, refinery29.com, 7 Mar. 2023
• The country’s regime has come under fire for its record of human-rights violations, especially after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.
  — Noor Adatia, Dallas News, 19 Mar. 2023
• Drag shows that allow children in the audience have come under fire from far-right extremists across the country over the last year, sometimes with resulting violence.
  — Will Carless, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2023
• Disney The entertainment giant has come under fire time and again for supposed wokeness.
  — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2023
• Starting Young: The city’s gifted and talented program, which relies mainly on testing 4-year-olds, has also come under fire for sorting students by race.
  — Troy Closson, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2022
• Three years ago, county supervisors voted to create a plan for shuttering the decrepit jail, though the county has since come under fire for its apparent lack of progress toward closure.
  — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
• Biden has also come under fire from Republican lawmakers who said the balloon should have never been allowed to traverse the continental US for a week before it was shot down.
  — Jordan Fabian, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2023
• Davie, a former marketing executive who also had links to the Conservative Party, has come under fire for his handling of the dispute with Lineker.
  — Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2023
• The city had come under fire in November, when police arrested and jailed Martha Menefield, an 82-year-old woman, for not paying her $77 trash bill -- an incident that stirred national outrage.
  — Howard Koplowitz | [e-mail], al, 22 Feb. 2023
• Navient has come under fire for steering borrowers toward forbearance instead of other options, and settled with the 39 attorneys general over the practice.
  — Chris Quintana, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2022
• But the channel, which has more than 3 million subscribers, has come under fire recently after some parents took issue with Hoffman’s identity, asserting falsely that the show introduced the concept of they/them pronouns to their young audience.
  — Rachel Hatzipanagos, Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 17 Jul 2024