Example Sentences

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Part of the reason was ballooning salaries of public employees.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2023

The result was ballooning conscript armies of hundreds of thousands, making military service nearly universal for men.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Yes, though Sri Lanka’s debt was ballooning rapidly under Mr. Rajapaksa.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2018

And Medicaid spending, the largest budget item in the seventh-most-populous state, was ballooning by an average of 9 percent each year.

From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2016

He squealed and grabbed hold of Dad's shirt, which was ballooning in the wind.

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