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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

And if you’re going to artificially inflate your activity level, be careful.

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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

Players could earn larger rewards by continuing to inflate the balloon, but they could lose everything from that round if it burst.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026

It would inflate the balloon with a huge burst of power, smoothing out the lumpiness of the universe in the same way a breath of air smooths out the wrinkles of a balloon.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

The main problem with “A League of His Own” is Mr. Stein’s willingness to take at face value Spalding’s claims in his 1911 book, “America’s National Game,” which systematically inflates Spalding’s role in events.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 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

In other words, asking about food decisions piece by piece naturally inflates the total.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 5, 2026

As long as capital investment continues to grow and liquidity in the financial system remains ample, investors should have plenty of time to continue riding the AI bubble as it inflates, they said.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 16, 2025

As the balloon inflates, the dots get farther and farther apart from one another.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

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

Once in college, students encounter easy courses with inflated grading that don’t challenge them to develop their potential.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 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

Feldstein Soto has argued the city’s payouts were inflated by a “cascade of horrible” cases that were pending when she took office.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

Sybil was sitting insecurely on a huge, inflated beach ball, facing the ocean.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger

Now it’s inflating the dating value of semiconductor-industry bachelors and bachelorettes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Law Group — accusing them of inflating medical bills and forcing clients to undergo needless and expensive surgeries to inflate the value of the claim.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

He was accused of inflating bubbles with this readiness to cut rates, which became known as the “Greenspan put,” a reference to a “put option” which protects the holder against loss.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

The companies are suspected of inflating ice cream prices beyond increases in the cost of raw materials, even as the country faces a hot summer with record high temperatures.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

Sometimes, from behind Nicholas, she would catch Obinze’s eye and make a funny face, inflating her cheeks into small balloons, or pushing her tongue out of the corner of her mouth.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie