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Since there is absolutely no evidence for this theory that anyone has yet produced, Plan B has been to smear anyone in the firing line.
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
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published April 25, 2024
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Escape your echo chamber.
—The Week Us, theweek, 25 Apr. 2024
Air links connecting the capital Madrid to major cities like Barcelona, Valencia, and Alicante are all geographically in the firing line.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 27 Feb. 2024
And all amid analysts’ concerns that an Israel-Hezbollah war could erupt and place their village in the firing line.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Jan. 2024
An independent inquiry as well as a police investigation into the scandal are ongoing, and top business executives and former ministers are in the firing line.
—Sachin Ravikumar, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2024
These information blackouts could deepen the suffering of those fleeing the fighting, or in the firing line.
—WIRED, 21 Oct. 2023
Geopolitical tension between the U.S. and China is another consideration as the chips industry is in the firing line of new export curbs, but Intel continues to see the region as key to its business.
—Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune, 31 May 2023
As for Disney itself, employees are bracing themselves for news next week as the film and TV departments are set to be next in the firing line.
—Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
Thursday's cartoons - TikTok in the firing line, protests on campus, and more
Newsletter sign up
By The Week US
published April 25, 2024
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber.
—The Week Us, theweek, 25 Apr. 2024
Air links connecting the capital Madrid to major cities like Barcelona, Valencia, and Alicante are all geographically in the firing line.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 27 Feb. 2024
And all amid analysts’ concerns that an Israel-Hezbollah war could erupt and place their village in the firing line.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Jan. 2024
An independent inquiry as well as a police investigation into the scandal are ongoing, and top business executives and former ministers are in the firing line.
—Sachin Ravikumar, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2024
These information blackouts could deepen the suffering of those fleeing the fighting, or in the firing line.
—WIRED, 21 Oct. 2023
Geopolitical tension between the U.S. and China is another consideration as the chips industry is in the firing line of new export curbs, but Intel continues to see the region as key to its business.
—Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune, 31 May 2023
As for Disney itself, employees are bracing themselves for news next week as the film and TV departments are set to be next in the firing line.
—Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
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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 Jun. 2024.
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