blown up

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Fury’s unbeaten run continued but his credentials to challenge at the very top appeared lacking when he was dropped by the unknown Neven Pajkic in 2011 and by blown-up cruiserweight Steve Cunningham two years later.

From BBC • May 16, 2024

Tupac Shakur, dressed in a suit, stared somberly from a blown-up photo that was erected on an easel like at a memorial service.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2023

The smiling faces of Previte’s family members captured in blown-up photographs on a front wall help make it so.

From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2023

Gas now starts flowing from the pipe like air from a blown-up balloon.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 2, 2023

The first clipping showed a big, blown-up picture of a girl with black-shadowed eyes and black lips spread in a grin.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath