back door

Example Sentences

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They escaped out a back door as the fire took hold.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Every year millions of dodgy apps and cheapo internet-connected devices ship with an unadvertised back door called residential proxy software.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Gil hustled to the back of the store, opened the back door to the encampment, and called out to the entire population.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Rudra Bahadur Kami returned to Nepal through a back door of Kathmandu airport in a battered coffin after working for more than a decade in Saudi Arabia to feed his family back home.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

Akira’s father looked like he was still going to argue, but Akira’s mother hiked Hildi up on her hip with one arm and pushed her husband toward the back door with the other.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz