back door

Example Sentences

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Sophie saw a back door and thought there might be a back exit but found this was not the case.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 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

Cocoa bolts out, and I groggily go after her down the hall, down the stairs, to the kitchen, and out the back door.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas