pressure cooker
Example Sentences
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"It becomes a kind of pressure cooker," she explains.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
Tax preparation is a seasonal business — and a hectic pressure cooker.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026
Human beings weren’t meant to create art in this particular kind of pressure cooker.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025
Said LaPoma, “We knew it was important then, but it didn’t seem to be the wild pressure cooker situation it is now.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025
The pressure cooker had a whistle-shaped thing on the top.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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