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The president's offering to wealthy foreigners comes at the same time the president is spearheading a controversial nationwide immigration crackdown and pushing Congress to pass a massive tax and policy bill amid concerns about ballooning budget deficits.—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 13 June 2025 Yes, ballooning costs have become a massive issue that will dog Canada’s two host cities, Vancouver and Toronto.—The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 11 June 2025 The ballooning costs of response and recovery regularly exceed FEMA’s main disaster budget, requiring emergency and ad hoc funding to bridge the gap.—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 11 June 2025 The House narrowly passed the GOP tax and spending bill last month by just one vote after weeks of tense negotiations between the White House and Republican lawmakers concerned about ballooning deficits.—Nik Popli, Time, 3 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for ballooning
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