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Luxury products are directly in the firing line of Trump’s reciprocal tariffs, as they are frequently manufactured in Europe and exported Stateside.
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Chloe Taylor,jenni Reid,sam Meredith, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2025
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
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
Lord Ivar Mountbatten: One of the reasons why the Housewives were in the firing line was because there were four of you.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 8 Mar. 2025
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Chloe Taylor,jenni Reid,sam Meredith, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2025
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
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
Lord Ivar Mountbatten: One of the reasons why the Housewives were in the firing line was because there were four of you.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 8 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for in the firing line
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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 19 Apr. 2025.
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