balloon
Example Sentences
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Winnie-the-Pooh was pretty good, too, but Sam always got a little nervous when Pooh was up in the air, dangling from the balloon, and bees came along.
From Literature
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Screens will balloon to such absurd proportions that you’ll recruit the tallest NBA player in history to demonstrate how to properly use them.
The Claude maker expects to break even for the first time in 2028, two years before OpenAI, which is facing ballooning costs because of its computing needs, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The cover featured a lithograph by Odilon Redon of an enormous eye in the shape of a hot-air balloon, a piece that apparently was inspired by Poe.
A system of patronage led to the ballooning of PdVSA’s payroll.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.