pressure cooker
Example Sentences
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It just felt like a huge pressure cooker, more so than normal.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
But there was, indeed, a brief aperture of time in the pressure cooker of 2020 when it all seemed possible.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 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
Mr. Chris had to check on them, he said, before they could be sent into town to the restaurant man who canned them with a pressure cooker.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
