balloon

Example Sentences

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The AI race has caused Meta’s stock-based compensation costs to balloon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

"With StepChange, it's just keeping track of one balloon," she said.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

This allows events to balloon beyond our comprehension, and may be preventing us from stopping this insanity.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026

I had started going through menopause, so in the first or second season, I kind of blew up like a little balloon.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Howie Hubler didn’t want to buy any more subprime-backed bonds: He’d released his grip on the rope that tethered him to the rising balloon.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis