ballooned
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Operating expenses have ballooned by 39% year over year, according to the company’s financial disclosure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Between the first round on October 4 and the runoff on Sunday, the channel's following ballooned from 60,000 people to almost 11 million.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
Private credit has ballooned in recent years from an opaque corner of the financial world into a multitrillion-dollar business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
When Puerto Rico’s debt crisis ballooned into the largest governmental default in U.S. history, Congress stepped in with an unprecedented solution.
From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2026
He wore no winter jacket, only a sleeveless green sweatshirt, which ballooned over his enormous stomach.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
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