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But techno-skeptics have argued that warnings of doom are designed to inflate valuations and hype the technology.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

But the investments have raised a nagging question among some doubters on Wall Street: is Nvidia helping to inflate an AI bubble?

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

The employee allegedly colluded with a supplier to inflate prices, with the two sharing the excess money after the company paid the invoices.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Mandates can encourage deployment, but they can also inflate electricity prices, due to supply-and-demand imbalance, and stimulate imports.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

Please do not inflate it while you are still inside the aircraft.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds

"It inflates the entire sector - it inflates the Premier League, the Bundesliga, the French League, and eventually us as well."

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Importantly for all those planning a shindig, the balloon inflates as easily as a conventional one.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

LightCounting’s reason is that almost every transceiver component is now scarce and customers have started double ordering, which inflates backlogs.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

In other words, asking about food decisions piece by piece naturally inflates the total.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 5, 2026

My need to escape inflates exponentially and the beeping on the phone is getting annoying, so I walk over and hang it up.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King

Worse, unsubsidized buyers pay the full artificially inflated price, which distorts marketplace price signals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Critics have compared the deals to the dot-com era, when companies inflated their growth by investing in startups that then bought their products.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

But the contract lays out various fees that could have inflated the amount owed, including $5,000 for defaulting and another $5,000 for blocking access to a bank account.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

If you needed any further reasons to be worried about the bubble that has inflated the stock market, look no further.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

One of them is wearing a fully inflated blue balloon.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

The law, typically used to police Medicare or Medicaid fraud, is designed to penalize businesses that defraud the government by inflating the cost of services.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

The commission, in contrast, used the word "sham" eight times when describing City's dealings, including artificially inflating revenue by more than £900m through "sham" deals.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

The company has said it stands by its ratings — two former employees are suing it as they said they were pressured into inflating ratings to attract business.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Like other installers, Mendoza's wish list also includes an end to VAT taxes that are inflating costs for a public he says no longer needs convincing.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

There was a hissing sound, like balloons inflating.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides