pressure cooker
Example Sentences
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"It becomes a kind of pressure cooker," she explains.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
“That kind of pressure cooker, over time, has an effect on somebody. That has affected who he is now.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
Tax preparation is a seasonal business — and a hectic pressure cooker.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026
This win is an important hurdle to overcome, one which should serve them well with the pressure cooker turning up a notch from now on.
From BBC • Oct. 19, 2025
Mr. Chris had to check on them, he said, before they could be sent into town to the restaurant man who canned them with a pressure cooker.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
