pressure cooker
Example Sentences
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"It becomes a kind of pressure cooker," she explains.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
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
Shale drillers have turned the biggest oil field in the U.S. into a pressure cooker that is literally bursting at the seams.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 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
