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
This win is an important hurdle to overcome, one which should serve them well with the pressure cooker turning up a notch from now on.
From BBC • Oct. 19, 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
The women were cooking and I could smell onions frying already, could hear the phht-phht of a pressure cooker, music, laughter.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
