How to Use in the firing line in a Sentence

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• If and when that announcement comes, remember your taxes are next in the firing line.
  — Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ, 3 June 2021
• Being silent can damage your company’s image, but speaking up might put you in the firing line.
  — Jennifer Acree, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
• Managers typically find themselves in the firing line when teams are struggling.
  — Ali Rampling, The Athletic, 20 Aug. 2024
• Carter could be in the firing line after starting the game but being hooked for Niamh Charles after an hour of play.
  — Oli Gamp, New York Times, 9 July 2025
• Since then, technology companies have been in the firing line of politicians keen to get a grasp on terrorism’s spread.
  — Chris Stokel-Walker, WIRED, 12 Dec. 2018
• The heroic act puts both Rickey and Robinson in the firing line of the public, the press and other players.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 22 Sep. 2022
• But for the thousands of Ukrainians who either can’t leave or refuse to leave homes in the firing line, there is no end in sight to the waking nightmare of war.
  — Richard Engel, NBC News, 11 Feb. 2023
• 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
• These information blackouts could deepen the suffering of those fleeing the fighting, or in the firing line.
  — WIRED, 21 Oct. 2023
• The mental toll of being a musician – one that has been in the firing line for critics and online trolls – is similarly demanding.
  — Thomas Smith, Billboard, 15 Dec. 2025
• Russian forces are air-striking cities all over Ukraine, with countless civilians in the firing line, as people flee the capital in Kyiv.
  — Justin Sherman, Wired, 24 Feb. 2022
• 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.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
• The U-turn has prompted questions over whether another app in the firing line, CapCut, may see a similar reprieve.
  — Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
• 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
• The San Jose goalkeeper found himself in the firing line often closing out the first 45 minutes but was up to the task of keeping the partial shutout.
  — Dallas News, 12 Sep. 2021
• From testimony on the ground, those who have fled said that men have been separated from women and children, who are now likely in hiding, but are next in the firing line, Raymond said.
  — Camilla Alcini, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2025
• As the conflict in Ukraine ticks on, hospitals and health care continue to be in the firing line — with potentially devastating consequences.
  — Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2022
• Liberal-studies classes, intended to promote independent thinking, are also in the firing line.
  — The Economist, 23 Aug. 2020
• Service sectors including financial services, healthcare, and technology services are squarely in the firing line.
  — Forrester, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
• Among marquee auto brands, these tariffs put Volvo - majority-owned by Chinese car giant Geely - directly in the firing line.
  — Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
• At a moment where further acts of violence, including against election candidates, seem almost inevitable, law enforcement simply must do a far better job of protecting those in the firing line.
  — Jacob Ware, TIME, 15 July 2024
• McBride's win was widely celebrated, but the 34-year-old has since been in the firing line from Capitol Hill Republicans.
  — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
• In other words, low-income kids with undocumented immigrant parents and older survivors living abroad with foreign family members as payees are squarely in the firing line.
  — Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
• 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
• Cheryl Burke has unexpectedly found herself in the firing line for not giving one Dancing With the Stars contestant a sufficiently high score.
  — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
• Soaring inflation in the United Kingdom — which hit a record 7% last month — has forced many households to cut back on non-essential spending, and subscriptions to video streaming platforms are firmly in the firing line.
  — Anna Cooban, CNN, 18 Apr. 2022
• Even Juve sporting director Cristiano Giuntoli could be in the firing line, with reports suggesting the club isn’t particularly happy with the manner of his spending spree last summer.
  — Emmet Gates, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
• 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
• Yep, despite intentionally throwing the challenge in an effort to eliminate Kelli, the Cuddle Crew were in the firing line last night after one player decided that Peta needed to go home (and with an idol in her pocket, no less).
  — Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 1 Feb. 2024
• Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann is in the firing line after some contentious calls — particularly after recalling veteran goalkeeper Manuel Neuer from international retirement just before the tournament after months of denials.
  — ABC News, 30 June 2026