pressure-cooks

Definition of pressure-cooksnext
present tense third-person singular of pressure-cook

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steams
Verb
  • This all comes as the legal fight over the audit steams ahead, over 15 months after 72% of the state signed off on the ballot measure.
    Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Mile End's Bohème Vintage stocks quality wool and denim, and steams them right behind the counter.
    Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Mar. 2026
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“Pressure-cooks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pressure-cooks. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.

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