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In the second period, after Foligno’s tying goal, Tarasenko scored his 23rd goal and seventh in the past 11 games on a backdoor tap-in after Ryan Hartman deflected Jared Spurgeon’s shot.
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Michael Russo, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
The Forest Service reorganization is a backdoor way to achieve some of the same goals: during Trump’s first term, his Administration moved the B.L.M. headquarters from Washington to Colorado, which led many of its key employees to quit.
—Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2026
Federal officials can then query that data and unmask the identities of Americans whose communications have been collected, a process critics say creates a backdoor way to search private citizens’ information without court approval.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 25 Mar. 2026
For households above the MAGI thresholds, the backdoor Roth strategy may be worth researching separately, though the source material here addresses direct contributions.
—Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
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Michael Russo, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
The Forest Service reorganization is a backdoor way to achieve some of the same goals: during Trump’s first term, his Administration moved the B.L.M. headquarters from Washington to Colorado, which led many of its key employees to quit.
—Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2026
Federal officials can then query that data and unmask the identities of Americans whose communications have been collected, a process critics say creates a backdoor way to search private citizens’ information without court approval.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 25 Mar. 2026
For households above the MAGI thresholds, the backdoor Roth strategy may be worth researching separately, though the source material here addresses direct contributions.
—Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
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“Backdoor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/backdoor. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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