pressure cooker

Example Sentences

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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

Add in the pressure cooker of those final-stage matches and the lopsided talent in the England squad, and it becomes harder to believe Tuchel can infuse international management with Premier League intensity.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2025

“The White Lotus,” which was filmed its first season on location at the Four Seasons in Maui, somehow made an exclusive resort seem like a toxic pressure cooker.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2025

They went with the pot roast done in the pressure cooker along with the limp carrots and the flaccid potatoes and the onions with their slippery layers.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood