pressure cooker
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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
These are the bitter ingredients that seasoned the chef Anthony Bourdain inside the pressure cooker of the restaurant industry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 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
He said schools had become "a pressure cooker", adding the survey of its members "paints a picture of a system under severe strain".
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
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
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