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pressure cooker

NOUN
heavy pot with airtight lid
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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

“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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

Dimple groaned and clutched her head, feeling like that ancient pressure cooker Mamma still used when she made idli cakes.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon




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