pressure cooker
Example Sentences
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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
Halliday says McInnes "knows the pressure cooker he's stepping into".
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 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
The women were cooking and I could smell onions frying already, could hear the phht-phht of a pressure cooker, music, laughter.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
