balloon
noun
a bag made of thin rubber or other light material, usually brightly colored, inflated with air or with some lighter-than-air gas and used as a children's plaything or as a decoration.
has been ballooning
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present perfect progressiveof balloon (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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The cost of contracting with law enforcement has been ballooning, and Metro has been weighing whether to create its own police force.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2024
“Graduate student debt has been ballooning … financial pressure is one of the most talked about hardships for the grad student population that I represent,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2022
The Fed since March 2020 has been ballooning its holdings of Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed securities to help lower long term rates as it battled the economic impact of the pandemic.
From Reuters ● Jan. 14, 2022
He has been ballooning and jumping for exactly 40 years.
From Time Magazine Archive
V-Twin The 500cc 4x4 class has been ballooning up lately, and with the addition of the new 2007 Can-Am Outlander 500 H.O. 4x4, this mid-level utility segment just got more interesting.
From Time Magazine Archive
