pressure cooker
Example Sentences
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The piñas must get to a pressure cooker within 24 hours, where the sugars can be extracted.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 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
The biggest non-technical reason is the Preakness is fun, an experience trainers and owners enjoy rather than the price-gouging pressure cooker that is Louisville on Derby week.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 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
