inflated

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“Private equity and hedge funds buy them at a steep discount, then turn around and collect the full inflated amount,” Saeltzer said at a Tuesday hearing on the bill.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026

"In a market that has grown used to asking whether AI expectations have become too inflated, Micron's answer was blunt: demand is not fading; it is outrunning supply," said SPI Asset Management's Stephen Innes.

From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026

While this enthusiasm repeatedly pushed indices to unprecedented highs, the sustained 90-day rally left stock prices looking incredibly inflated.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026

One group inflated a giant disco ball, while another smeared themselves with body paint next to a line of rehearsing dancers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2026

Now that he’d admitted it to someone outside his family, it was like a balloon inflated inside him, waiting to be popped.

From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau