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pressure cooker

NOUN
heavy pot with airtight lid
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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

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

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025

It was such a pressure cooker in so many ways.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2025

There should’ve been steam coming out of her ears and nose like a pressure cooker.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon