How to Use in the crosshairs in a Sentence

in the crosshairs

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  • Inevitably, this contingent of the audience has eagerly put The Acolyte in the crosshairs and made a meal out of the aforementioned junket interaction.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 June 2024
  • Samuels has been in the crosshairs since early this year.
    — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The Midwest and the Great Lakes are in the crosshairs Friday morning.
    — Max Golembo, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The last few weeks have put Bloom’s judgment squarely in the crosshairs.
    — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2023
  • The premiere date was in the crosshairs of the looming Screen Actors Guild strike.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 9 July 2023
  • Hitler’s next move was clear to anyone who could read a map: Poland was now in the crosshairs.
    — TIME, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Read why she’s now caught in the crosshairs of cancel culture.
    — Alexandra Banner, CNN, 20 June 2024
  • Are any members of new coach Brandon Moore’s staff in the crosshairs?
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Fintech isn’t the only sector in the crosshairs right now.
    — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The group had ended up in the crosshairs of a shootout between rival cartel gangs.
    — Landon Mion, Fox News, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Nobody has been caught in the crosshairs of Russell’s antics as much as Jake Davis.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 29 Feb. 2024
  • But there was no time to treat them while the convoy remained in the crosshairs of Russian artillery.
    — Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 26 June 2022
  • As the war in Yemen stretches into its ninth year, children remain caught in the crosshairs.
    — Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Now, capital flows between the world’s two biggest economies are in the crosshairs.
    — Jenny Leonard, Bloomberg.com, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The trial in Dallas/Fort Worth puts Manna right in the crosshairs of one of its competitors.
    — Jonathan Keane, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
  • What else could one do in a ravaged land where fresh graves multiplied and civilians were in the crosshairs?
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022
  • Huawei had long been in the crosshairs of Washington as the sharpest tip of China’s tech industry.
    — Eva Dou, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Parrots aren’t the only pricey companions in the crosshairs of pet thieves in recent years.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2023
  • The size of Hung’s trades dwarfs those that got his subordinate, who has denied any wrongdoing, in the crosshairs of the SEC.
    — Ellis Simani, ProPublica, 22 June 2023
  • Taiwan, a close U.S. partner, is most directly in the crosshairs.
    — Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
  • In the past few years, the Jubilee Center has found itself in the crosshairs of the city’s code officers, racking up thousands in fines.
    — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The loan-repayment cap was only the latest provision in the crosshairs.
    — Dallas News, 16 May 2022
  • What threats lie ahead for those countries that see themselves in the crosshairs of competition?
    — Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2022
  • What threats lie ahead for those countries that see themselves in the crosshairs of competition?
    — Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Meanwhile, English football itself has been in the crosshairs.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune Europe, 20 June 2024
  • Now, New College, an idiosyncratic little school founded in 1960, is in the crosshairs.
    — Jack Stripling, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2023
  • This version of the Nets is again in the crosshairs of the Eastern Conference, a group of talented players that have underachieved.
    — Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2022
  • But the provincial strongman has been in the crosshairs several times before.
    — Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
  • As California works to eliminate high fees faced by consumers, the state’s restaurants are in the crosshairs.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 6 May 2024
  • Ian's path remains uncertain, but on Tuesday morning, the Tampa Bay Area seemed likely to be in the crosshairs.
    — Forrest Brown, CNN, 27 Sep. 2022

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