ballooned
Example Sentences
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Recent attendance has ballooned to as many as 300 people a week.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
Budgets initially ballooned as gaming studios raced to capture the attention of people stuck in their homes.
From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026
As the program has ballooned, fraud has too.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Microsoft's initial $13 billion investment ballooned to be worth $92 billion four years later.
From Barron's • May 12, 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
