back door
Example Sentences
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“We think of this as having a bouncer at the front door looking at what’s coming in, and then another bouncer at the back door being like, ‘Well, what’s going out?’”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
If the administration focuses on uranium while ignoring the plutonium back door, our diplomatic strategy is dangerously incomplete.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 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
“Uh, yeah,” I say, opening the back door.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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