ballooned

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The following year, the number of locally acquired cases ballooned to 18, with 14 of them in Los Angeles County.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

Within nine months, Meggison’s credit-card balance ballooned to over $20,000.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

The Gwent Levels is still subject to environmental protections, and by some estimates the original £1.6bn price tag could have ballooned to £2.5bn – the equivalent of almost the entire Welsh government capital budget.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

But the protests later ballooned into a full-blown revolt.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

She totally ballooned up to a size six and none of her pants fit, and she had, like, three-hundred-dollar Sandeces jeans!”

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray