ballooned

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The following year, the number of locally acquired cases ballooned to 18, with 14 of them in Los Angeles County.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

The Gwent Levels is still subject to environmental protections, and by some estimates the original £1.6bn price tag could have ballooned to £2.5bn – the equivalent of almost the entire Welsh government capital budget.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

Since then, the movement has ballooned, spreading to 160 countries in its mission to promote good taste, defend biodiversity and promote a healthy food model that respects the environment and local cultures.

From Barron's • May 22, 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