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
They went with the pot roast done in the pressure cooker along with the limp carrots and the flaccid potatoes and the onions with their slippery layers.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
