inflate
Example Sentences
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Make sure you have plenty of fuel, that your tyres are properly inflated and your lights are working.
From BBC
The advance is likely to have been inflated in part by a jump in gasoline prices last month and a recovery following labor disruptions in Western Canada.
The suit alleged that his company made fraudulent purchase offers for spectrum licenses held by U.S. schools that were inflated to trigger “right of first refusal” agreements T-Mobile had with the schools.
In New York and other coastal cities, I’m accustomed to inflated prices for popcorn and soda — hey, the moviegoing experience just isn’t the same without them.
From Salon
Funding rounds are also getting larger, inflating valuations.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
