inflate
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There’s no movie star to take charge, and Greengrass doesn’t inflate the passengers into larger-than-life heroes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Between 2016 and 2021, Evergrande and Xu as its boss "violated national laws by engaging in continuous, large-scale financial fraud and other means to inflate assets and conceal liabilities", the court said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
These massive sites, which are proliferating across the country, produce loud noise and pollution, rely on enormous amounts of water and electricity, tax power grids and inflate utility bills.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
“What transforms Anthony Bourdain the boy into Anthony Bourdain the man is that he no longer feels like he needs to lie to inflate his status.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Bring the stuff into the rover, attach the bedroom to the airlock from the inside, inflate it, bring the stuff into the bedroom.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
Importantly for all those planning a shindig, the balloon inflates as easily as a conventional one.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
Decker says he has seen firsthand how this inflates application numbers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
LightCounting’s reason is that almost every transceiver component is now scarce and customers have started double ordering, which inflates backlogs.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
Ticketmaster and Live Nation have repeatedly faced criticism from those who say the firm artificially inflates the cost of tickets with fees and service charges.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
My need to escape inflates exponentially and the beeping on the phone is getting annoying, so I walk over and hang it up.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
Atlanta Braves: Reynaldo López inflated hopes of a late-career surge when he posted a 1.99 ERA over 25 starts in his first season with Atlanta.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
It inflated northern regions and compressed equatorial ones, making Europe and North America appear much larger, while shrinking Africa and South America.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
FTC officials say Amazon has secretly inflated the minimum prices required to win ad placements, intervening in auctions to raise the price 70% to 80% of the time.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Because high-school grades and recommendation letters are so inflated, even admitting students with excellent credentials amounts to taking a chance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
It’s hardly a proper boat at all—just an inflated dinghy—and certainly not big enough for all of us.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
To them, chip makers and data-center suppliers are inflating results across all sectors, while raising fresh concerns about spending and free cash flow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Like other installers, Mendoza's wish list also includes an end to VAT taxes that are inflating costs for a public he says no longer needs convincing.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
“It doesn’t mean that all businesses using dynamic pricing or pricing algorithms are engaging in inflating prices,” said Eric Enson, a lawyer representing the chamber, during a legislative hearing last year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Drought and tight cattle supplies are squeezing American beef production and inflating prices in the grocery aisle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Each day after lunch, Jinny waded into the cove with her Care, their tunics billowing in the water, the big pockets inflating like balloons.
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
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