Example Sentences

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The obesity crisis in India is ballooning - and the seemingly harmless pot belly may be a far bigger villain than we think.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2025

The home-delivered meals supplement his diet at a time when skyrocketing inflation is ballooning his grocery budget to $200 a month.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2024

Debt is ballooning in low-income countries, and climate change and disasters like the devastating flooding in Pakistan wipe out growth and add costs.

From Salon • Jan. 4, 2023

If one mission is ballooning out of control, then it can be paused or tweaked while the others stay in development.

From The Verge • Nov. 4, 2021

His most ambitious achievement is ballooning, to which he owes a fame in the Quarter only less than Mr. Square's.

From Our House And London out of Our Windows by Pennell, Elizabeth Robins