inflated

Example Sentences

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Chelsea fans are "upset and confused" that a website part-owned by Chelsea chairman Todd Boehly is offering tickets for the club's FA Cup semi-final with Leeds at Wembley Stadium at hugely inflated values.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Later that year, Chinese regulators fined Hengda the equivalent of about $580 million for allegedly issuing fraudulent financial statements—which inflated revenue and profit—and using them in bond issuances.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

The companies’ intricate web of cross-shareholdings artificially inflated their share prices.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

The review concludes that the 130,000 number is highly inflated and includes tens of thousands who may be alive — or ended up on the list without having been properly identified in the first place.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

The vending machine in the laundromat hasn't worked for months, so I walk across the street to the gas station—the one that: leaves its giant inflated Santa Claus up year-round—to get a bottle of juice.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi