pressure cooker
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
She peered suspiciously at the stove, knocked on the pressure cooker, tapped the pots with her fingers.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
