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pressure cooker

NOUN
heavy pot with airtight lid
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The piñas must get to a pressure cooker within 24 hours, where the sugars can be extracted.

From BBC Jun. 11, 2026

Tax preparation is a seasonal business — and a hectic pressure cooker.

From MarketWatch Mar. 13, 2026

Said LaPoma, “We knew it was important then, but it didn’t seem to be the wild pressure cooker situation it is now.”

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 8, 2025

The biggest non-technical reason is the Preakness is fun, an experience trainers and owners enjoy rather than the price-gouging pressure cooker that is Louisville on Derby week.

From Los Angeles Times May 12, 2025

Four eyes in two hulking bodies; they put me in a pressure cooker.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon




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