backroom
Example Sentences
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Whether it was because a threadbare backroom team was overworked, or England's overall attitude was not good enough, Smith was rarely seen doing the hard yards with the gloves on.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
The New York Times eventually sniffed out the backroom deal.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026
Barbie hid in a backroom while Peter slammed doors and banged pots and pans to scare off the intruder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Anthropologist Zachary Howlett wrote in 2022 that many in China regard the gaokao as “an island of transparency and fairness in an ocean of backroom dealing and corruption.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
We survived the Holocaust because of the enormous risks Schindler took and the bribes and backroom deals he brokered to keep us, his Jewish workers, safe from the gas chambers of Auschwitz.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
