ballooned
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Budgeted for $1.3 billion, the current cost estimate has ballooned to $2.4 billion and it’s on track to be completed three years behind schedule.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
The project was abandoned three years later as the number of asylum seekers fell and the cost ballooned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 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
About 22 deer were brought to the channel island for sport hunting in the late 1920s, and their numbers soon ballooned to roughly 2,000, Barton said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
When her eyes started to sting, she twirled in a circle, and the skirt ballooned out below.
From "George" by Alex Gino
