pressure cooker

Example Sentences

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This year’s UConn team shows just how well a team can respond when they are handpicked for his pressure cooker.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

She’d been raised on the basketball court in that kind of pressure cooker, shouldering whatever burden was asked of her otherworldly talent.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2025

Confidence among UK firms has "slumped" as they face a "pressure cooker of rising costs and taxes", according to a business group.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2025

It was like popping the lid on a pressure cooker before the whistle signaled it was time to open it.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya