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

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

Now, they are about to enter the pressure cooker again.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025

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