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Presumably, both sexes have been players in such nightclub frivolities as “helium balloon singalongs, psychedelic projections and nursery-style games with building blocks”—amusements that were popular in the 1960s at Cerebrum, a club in New York.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Although satellite constellations such as Starlink and Amazon Leo have demonstrated that doing this is possible, the amount of data sent to and from space would balloon.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026

Market mood swings could deflate the share price balloon well before that, though.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

“We encourage homeowners to make partial payments whenever possible to avoid a balloon payment on June 30, 2030,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

I notice that I can fill a water balloon at the drinking fountain in the park almost twice as fast as Erlan.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

Upon impact, the balloons explode, drenching both mom and son.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Boosted by a large number of Albanian diaspora who travelled to the country for the rally, a sea of marchers waved Albanian and American flags as red balloons were released into the air.

From Barron's ● Jun. 20, 2026

Helium-4, with one additional neutron, is the comparatively cheap version – a gas that fills children's party balloons.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

They had balloons, baseball caps and a splashy video.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

They saw golf carts with balloons, motorcycles with streamers, three French bulldogs wearing flag bandanas, and a candy-apple-red convertible with Miss Gingerbread Island waving at the crowd.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

Germany's trade deficit with China has ballooned in recent years as exports have plunged at the same time as imports have steadily risen, hitting sectors such as machine-making, chemicals and cars.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

Vozinha's performance in that game saw his fame explode overnight, and his 50,000 Instagram followers ballooned to 17.4 million - more than athletes such as NFL legend Tom Brady.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

When Muir sent out his update, that spread had ballooned to around 183 basis points and the trend was also picked up by JPMorgan’s derivative strategy team, led by Bram Kaplan.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

But Medi-Cal costs to cover roughly 1.4 million immigrants have ballooned, according to the latest estimates from the Department of Health Care Services.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

Mazen punctures my elation as quickly as it had ballooned.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

Burnham has pledged fiscal discipline and to reduce the country's ballooning welfare bill, having already sought to calm markets by committing to the government's current borrowing limits.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

The industry is approaching what Cox calls “a moment of truth,” as stratospheric valuations collide with ballooning capex and slower-than-expected adoption of the technology.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026

Meanwhile, the private-credit industry was ballooning in size.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026

Their work suggests that a mathematical feature of space-time itself may prevent the cosmological constant from ballooning to the huge values expected from quantum physics.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026

To his surprise it was Cook, his clothes ballooning out around him.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook