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They posed in front of props such as a hot-air balloon, an upright piano or a staircase going to nowhere.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Pointing to a poster of Wallace and Gromit floating over Bristol in a hot-air balloon, Lord reflected on their appeal.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

It was 4 or 5 in the morning, the last shot of the whole season, and there was this entire balloon rig.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

But he suggested Dollar Tree’s issues aren’t universal across the balloon industry and its helium suppliers.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 30, 2026

Soon after the accident, a bacterial infection caused his leg to swell up like a balloon from his knee to his ankle.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple

He runs in, and they kiss as balloons rain down around them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

We only had two takes with the balloons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

“Balloons are an important traffic driver for that business, and when customers come in for balloons, they often purchase other items for celebrations and events,” CEO Mike Creedon said on the retailer’s earnings call.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 30, 2026

Residents of Nahal Oz said in a statement that they feared the return of incendiary kites and balloons, adding: "We will not accept a policy of containment when it comes to our security."

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

After school ends, Mrs. Battle and the girls’ team come with balloons and cards, but they aren’t allowed in either, which really makes me worry about Erin.

From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick

The inspector general’s office was created in 2022 to oversee the authority as spending ballooned past its original budget.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

The project was abandoned three years later as the number of asylum seekers fell and the cost ballooned.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

The note also makes the point that U.S. interest payments as a percentage of GDP are roughly 4.1% whereas in the late 90s they had ballooned to a figure approaching 5%.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

Spending on benefits has ballooned in recent years and is forecast to rise to £408.6bn in 2030/31, according to figures from the Department for Work and Pensions.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

He wore no winter jacket, only a sleeveless green sweatshirt, which ballooned over his enormous stomach.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli

Now six months later, the U.S. has reported 18 military personnel killed and more than 750 wounded, with a ballooning cost estimated somewhere between $71 billion and $118 billion.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026

Citing ballooning costs, he has also pushed back on a City Council law expanding a rental voucher program that he supported as a candidate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

Also this morning: We’re tracking the latest escalations in the Iran war, and deciphering what Microsoft’s and Meta’s ballooning AI spending—revealed in yesterday’s earnings—means for their bottom lines and futures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Created by Exclusive Ballooning in partnership with Aardman, it combines two of the city's best-known exports - animation and ballooning.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

The least they could do was pretend that we didn’t look like fools in our ballooning togas and beards and bows and arrows.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez