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

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

By sundown we’d filled dozens of Mason jars, which were set out in perfect rows, still warm from the pressure cooker.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover