inflated
Example Sentences
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Chelsea fans are "upset and confused" that a website part-owned by Chelsea chairman Todd Boehly is offering tickets for the club's FA Cup semi-final with Leeds at Wembley Stadium at hugely inflated values.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
Attendees wearing cowboy hats line danced, petted fluffy white calves and posed for pictures in front of an inflated cactus.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
The companies’ intricate web of cross-shareholdings artificially inflated their share prices.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
Just a few months of inflated gas prices and snarled supply chains could halt growth altogether and tip the economy into a recession, they say.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
I thought it was another dollar bill, and my lungs inflated.
From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda
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