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

This year’s UConn team shows just how well a team can respond when they are handpicked for his pressure cooker.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 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

There was a hallway, a living room downstairs, and a kitchen in which he showed her pots and pans and a pressure cooker and a kerosene ishtop.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini