balloon

Example Sentences

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If that happens, Zuckerberg’s current stock, worth some $200 billion, would balloon to $1.2 trillion.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

This allows events to balloon beyond our comprehension, and may be preventing us from stopping this insanity.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026

I had started going through menopause, so in the first or second season, I kind of blew up like a little balloon.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

His record high price is the $25.4 million resale in 2021 of that partially self-destructed view of a girl reaching for a floating-away balloon at Sotheby’s, renamed “Love is in the Bin.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

The librarian raised a disapproving eyebrow at me as I sloshed past her desk and sat in my corner again, feeling like a water balloon about to burst.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows