pressure cooker
Example Sentences
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He batted against Hall-of-Famers, frequently slammed face-first into outfield fences and experienced the pressure cooker of the postseason.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 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
Halliday says McInnes "knows the pressure cooker he's stepping into".
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Tax preparation is a seasonal business — and a hectic pressure cooker.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 13, 2026
It was, quite simply, the first pressure cooker, a sealed bain-marie.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
