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Pointing to a poster of Wallace and Gromit floating over Bristol in a hot-air balloon, Lord reflected on their appeal.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

When he noticed spots that lagged, he added audience interaction like balloon drops, props and places to “quack like a duck” and “swim like a fish.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

We went back and forth on what Anton says, what Paul Baker says, whether you hear us or not, whether it’s a balloon cover-up, whether we show the kiss.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

But he said that as a large buyer of the gas, the company had wider access to suppliers, adding that Dollar Tree already had sufficient balloon supplies for Mother’s Day and spring student graduations.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 30, 2026

And leaning out of a balloon in flight is never advisable.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

The scale of the financial impact depends to some degree on whether civil courts treat AI agents like hot air balloons or trains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

We only had two takes with the balloons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

Fans gathered at the park in recent days to pay tribute to Parton, dropping off flowers, candles and balloons.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

Residents of Nahal Oz said in a statement that they feared the return of incendiary kites and balloons, adding: "We will not accept a policy of containment when it comes to our security."

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

Striped balloons carried books from one shelf to the next, finding eager patrons or red-cloaked librarians awaiting them, and others held banners with rules: NO TALKING.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

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

Spending on benefits has ballooned in recent years and is forecast to rise to £408.6bn in 2030/31, according to figures from the Department for Work and Pensions.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Some might have had a budget of $4 million to put toward a new house that ballooned to $6 million or $7 million when they got the opportunity to cash out shares.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Meanwhile, its cost has ballooned from the original estimate of $1.95 billion to a projected $3.3 billion, at least.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

He was plummeting downward so fast, his clothes ballooned around him.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins

Now six months later, the U.S. has reported 18 military personnel killed and more than 750 wounded, with a ballooning cost estimated somewhere between $71 billion and $118 billion.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026

Baek and his co-workers wonder if the extra romantic interest they’re seeing is sincere or a reflection of their ballooning finances.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

The market has been spooked by concerns of tech giants’ ballooning spending and signs that China may be catching up in the AI arms race.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Created by Exclusive Ballooning in partnership with Aardman, it combines two of the city's best-known exports - animation and ballooning.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Two men in ballooning skirts and balding velvet blouses, vaulting over littered moons and mounds of dung, circling around the hulk of a sleeping elephant.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy