ballooned
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Adjusted earnings per share in the September quarter ballooned 6,913% to $52.60 and exceeded expectations for $46.67, although the company flagged that the percentage is “not a meaningful figure.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
Operating expenses have ballooned by 39% year over year, according to the company’s financial disclosure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Between the first round on October 4 and the runoff on Sunday, the channel's following ballooned from 60,000 people to almost 11 million.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
When Puerto Rico’s debt crisis ballooned into the largest governmental default in U.S. history, Congress stepped in with an unprecedented solution.
From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2026
His feet had ballooned and grown tender to the point that he finally admitted that walking on them felt like walking on needles.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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