pressure cooker

Example Sentences

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He said schools had become "a pressure cooker", adding the survey of its members "paints a picture of a system under severe strain".

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

Tax preparation is a seasonal business — and a hectic pressure cooker.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

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

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

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025

It was, quite simply, the first pressure cooker, a sealed bain-marie.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton