pressure cooker

Example Sentences

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The piñas must get to a pressure cooker within 24 hours, where the sugars can be extracted.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Tax preparation is a seasonal business — and a hectic pressure cooker.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

Alicia describes the panto experience as a "little pressure cooker" as they're up against tight turnarounds and short runs.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025

Human beings weren’t meant to create art in this particular kind of pressure cooker.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

By sundown we’d filled dozens of Mason jars, which were set out in perfect rows, still warm from the pressure cooker.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover