balloon
Example Sentences
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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
That trial balloon seems to have been shot down.
When Liverpool came to Brighton last May, the away end was in party mode at the full-time whistle despite the defeat as they sang and celebrated with inflatables and balloons.
From BBC
Some balloons are made from synthetic rubber, which is created from petroleum.
The reasoning: Rising gross margins often show a company has pricing power with its customers, but it also gives a company wiggle room to boost its operating margin as long as other costs don’t balloon.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
