pressure cooker
noun
1
: an airtight utensil for quick cooking or preserving of foods by means of high-temperature steam under pressure
2
: a situation or environment that is fraught with emotional or social pressures
pressure-cook
verb
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The new boss has turned the office into a pressure cooker.
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Before long, the entire organization is a fire-fighting pressure cooker.
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Shani Harmon, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Congressional leaders unveiled legislation Tuesday to keep the government funded until March, setting up a showdown — with Johnson in the central pressure cooker.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
As a child growing up in Compton, California, in the 1990s and 2000s, DeMar DeRozan was in a pressure cooker.
—Rachel Murphy, Health, 8 Jan. 2025
The modern work environment creates a dynamic pressure cooker that complicates the problem-solving process.
—Rob De La Espriella, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Shani Harmon, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Congressional leaders unveiled legislation Tuesday to keep the government funded until March, setting up a showdown — with Johnson in the central pressure cooker.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
As a child growing up in Compton, California, in the 1990s and 2000s, DeMar DeRozan was in a pressure cooker.
—Rachel Murphy, Health, 8 Jan. 2025
The modern work environment creates a dynamic pressure cooker that complicates the problem-solving process.
—Rob De La Espriella, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Pressure cooker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pressure%20cooker. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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