pressure cooker
Example Sentences
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“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
Now, they are about to enter the pressure cooker again.
From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025
Add in the pressure cooker of those final-stage matches and the lopsided talent in the England squad, and it becomes harder to believe Tuchel can infuse international management with Premier League intensity.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2025
Four eyes in two hulking bodies; they put me in a pressure cooker.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
