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"I was a party planner for over 10 years and ... I was very sustainably focused. The final stumbling block for me was the balloon waste," she told AFP.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

His required monthly payment doesn’t cover the $500 added in monthly interest, causing his balance to balloon over time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

We’ve already seen Big Tech names like Meta and Google erase user data and impose limits on virtual storage as A.I. expenditures balloon and memory becomes more expensive.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

In that same spirit of excess, there’s an extra scene in the end credits that goes over like a lead balloon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

I shove down the swelling balloon of hope in my heart.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Residents of Nahal Oz said in a statement that they feared the return of incendiary kites and balloons, adding: "We will not accept a policy of containment when it comes to our security."

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

The environmental impact of traditional balloons, which despite their advertising do not degrade, is largely unknown to the general public.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

Pyongyang sent trash-filled balloons and broadcast unsettling noises across the border during the administration of Lee's hawkish predecessor, Yoon Suk Yeol.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

It found that balloons were 32 times more likely to result in death than when birds ingest hard plastic.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

We had some balloons, a grocery-store cake, ten candles, and a tub of ice cream.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

The following year, that number ballooned to 18, with 14 in Los Angeles County.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 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

Yet state compensation systems began teetering in the 1990s after they expanded benefits and medical costs ballooned.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

Its 2014 hack of Sony Pictures ballooned into a national security crisis for the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

In January they froze into disheartening poses; in August they ballooned and ruptured.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Also this morning: We’re tracking the latest escalations in the Iran war, and deciphering what Microsoft’s and Meta’s ballooning AI spending—revealed in yesterday’s earnings—means for their bottom lines and futures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

The giant green character, complete with distinctive blue shirt, has become one of the most-loved regulars on the UK ballooning circuit, delighting crowds wherever he lands.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Burnham has pledged fiscal discipline and to reduce the country's ballooning welfare bill, having already sought to calm markets by committing to the government's current borrowing limits.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

The industry is approaching what Cox calls “a moment of truth,” as stratospheric valuations collide with ballooning capex and slower-than-expected adoption of the technology.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026

To his surprise it was Cook, his clothes ballooning out around him.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook