balloon
Example Sentences
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Its shift to green energy—where it paid peak prices for assets—was unpopular among investors, and its debt ballooned.
Others held balloons emblazoned with pictures of bumblebees, a reference to the young girl's nickname "Matilda Bee".
From Barron's
A postcard from Pandora would showcase its floating mountains, bioluminescent forests and sentient hot-air balloons.
From Los Angeles Times
Across the street, some people began laying out bouquets of flowers, balloons and an Australian flag at the corner of a primary school, in an impromptu memorial for the dead.
From BBC
The improvised 70-minute show follows her making balloon animals while riffing with audience members about romance, bad roommates and a re-creation of the bag scene from “American Beauty.”
From Los Angeles Times
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