ballooned
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Demand for data centers, which house the computer systems powering artificial intelligence and the internet, has surged as AI use has ballooned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
About 22 deer were brought to the channel island for sport hunting in the late 1920s, and their numbers soon ballooned to roughly 2,000, Barton said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
In the U.S., federal debt held by the public has ballooned to 100% of GDP from 32% in 2008.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
But this financial year it has ballooned to $54bn and the scheme now supports more than 700,000 people.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
A man’s work clothes, stiff with dirt, hang oddly ballooned in the closet.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
