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There’s no movie star to take charge, and Greengrass doesn’t inflate the passengers into larger-than-life heroes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

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

Based on the whistleblower’s account, authorities began to explore whether Guggenheim Investments, partly owned by TWG, might have used misleading contracts to inflate its revenue and secure a better deal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 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

There are more nuanced ways to inflate students’ scores.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

"It inflates the entire sector - it inflates the Premier League, the Bundesliga, the French League, and eventually us as well."

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

The main problem with “A League of His Own” is Mr. Stein’s willingness to take at face value Spalding’s claims in his 1911 book, “America’s National Game,” which systematically inflates Spalding’s role in events.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Jan. 5, 2026

As long as capital investment continues to grow and liquidity in the financial system remains ample, investors should have plenty of time to continue riding the AI bubble as it inflates, they said.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 16, 2025

Looking up at him, I see his chest inflates and exhales deeply, and his jaw is square as he clenches his teeth.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

“Public golf courses belong to the public, and residents shouldn’t have to compete with brokers buying up tee times just to turn around and sell them at inflated prices,” he said in a statement Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

The club were accused of a wide range of rule breaches which centred around claims that they inflated sponsorship revenue from connected companies and made other "off the books" payments to circumvent football's financial rules.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

He inflated Navatek’s payroll to amass loans of $13 million, according to a federal indictment.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

The same is very likely true for your magically inflated crypto balance.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

I ministered to their needs, making sure that there was enough sea water inside each and that the cones and chambers were inflated to just the right pressure.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

To them, chip makers and data-center suppliers are inflating results across all sectors, while raising fresh concerns about spending and free cash flow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

“It doesn’t mean that all businesses using dynamic pricing or pricing algorithms are engaging in inflating prices,” said Eric Enson, a lawyer representing the chamber, during a legislative hearing last year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

Since 2021, GM has generated about $53 billion in free cash flow, despite Covid, inflating prices, tariffs, and ever-changing EV policies.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

This is crucial, because in the late fifteenth century the cost of a dowry is rapidly inflating: the size of a respectable dowry is growing wildly each year.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day