ballooned
Example Sentences
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The inspector general’s office was created in 2022 to oversee the authority as spending ballooned past its original budget.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
The note also makes the point that U.S. interest payments as a percentage of GDP are roughly 4.1% whereas in the late 90s they had ballooned to a figure approaching 5%.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Direct admission has ballooned in popularity, particularly among less-selective private schools vying for a shrinking pool of college-goers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The birth-control campaign was designed to control the territory's population, which had ballooned since the 1950s, aided by modernisation and better healthcare.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 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
