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Between 2016 and 2021, Evergrande and Xu as its boss "violated national laws by engaging in continuous, large-scale financial fraud and other means to inflate assets and conceal liabilities", the court said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

These massive sites, which are proliferating across the country, produce loud noise and pollution, rely on enormous amounts of water and electricity, tax power grids and inflate utility bills.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026

Players could earn larger rewards by continuing to inflate the balloon, but they could lose everything from that round if it burst.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026

The simplest way to escape this debt burden is to do what the U.S. did after 1945, and inflate it away.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

Then she starts to inflate a small round kiddy pool with dolphins on it, like the one Zayd had when he was a toddler.

From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan

Importantly for all those planning a shindig, the balloon inflates as easily as a conventional one.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

Buying SPX puts as general portfolio protection inflates the VIX, while buying individual equity puts keeps the equity-only put-call ratios high.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

Ticketmaster and Live Nation have repeatedly faced criticism from those who say the firm artificially inflates the cost of tickets with fees and service charges.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026

In other words, asking about food decisions piece by piece naturally inflates the total.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 5, 2026

Whatever was in her throat got bigger, like one of those foam bath pellets that inflates in water.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy

FTC officials say Amazon has secretly inflated the minimum prices required to win ad placements, intervening in auctions to raise the price 70% to 80% of the time.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

Similarly, longtime HSI insiders cautioned that using the agency’s databases and tools to search these lists would yield mismatches and wildly inflated results.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026

Exclude Amazon.com and Alphabet, whose results were inflated by investment gains, and earnings were up a stunning 32% in the second quarter so far, according to FactSet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

“That’s an inflated promise. But I will tell you, we will build, and I will tell you, there will be more Californians who own a home,” Becerra said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

He inflated pig bladders and launched them around the room.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

Now it’s inflating the dating value of bachelors and bachelorettes in the semiconductor industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Law Group — accusing them of inflating medical bills and forcing clients to undergo needless and expensive surgeries to inflate the value of the claim.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

He was accused of inflating bubbles with this readiness to cut rates, which became known as the “Greenspan put,” a reference to a “put option” which protects the holder against loss.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

UniCredit's reporting of a gradually increasing uptake of its offer prompted accusations from Commerzbank that it was artificially inflating the figures.

From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026

Immediately, the horned toad jumped out from her side and took a big angry breath, inflating its round tummy.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young