ballooned

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But losses ballooned to $6.35 billion as depreciation charges on AI computing equipment grew.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Budgets initially ballooned as gaming studios raced to capture the attention of people stuck in their homes.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

Free-cash flow across Exxon Mobil, Chevron, BP, Shell and TotalEnergies in the first quarter ballooned 84% from fourth-quarter levels, to $36 billion, according to Geologic’s Evaluate Energy data.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Cash and cash equivalents ballooned to $272.5 million by the end of March, up from roughly $16.2 million last year.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

As the maddening laughter continued, each whirling object suddenly contorted, enlarged, ballooned, stretched, shrank, into all sorts of grotesque, shifting monsters, all of them attempting to swallow me up.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane