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pressure cooker

NOUN
heavy pot with airtight lid
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It’s their rapport that explains how the work gets done in the pressure cooker Johnson alluded to.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

But there was, indeed, a brief aperture of time in the pressure cooker of 2020 when it all seemed possible.

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026

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

There was a hallway, a living room downstairs, and a kitchen in which he showed her pots and pans and a pressure cooker and a kerosene ishtop.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini


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