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

He walked across the small yard, past Rostam, either unaware or incurious of me hiding behind him, and opened the back door.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri