as in dilating
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as in soaring
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as in increasing
to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number
the number of students who stay home sick balloons every winter
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as in protruding
to extend outward beyond a usual point
the paper bag ballooned and blew away as the wind lifted it skyward
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Recent Examples of ballooning
Scott Travers, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Earlier this year, Boohoo had to scrap a lucrative bonus plan amid reports of a shareholder backlash following ballooning losses.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Europe, 18 Oct. 2024
In addition to the violence crisis in Mexico, Sheinbaum also inherits a nation struggling with a lagging currency, a ballooning budget deficit and tensions with its biggest trade partners over a controversial judicial overhaul that will allow voters to elect judges.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
Gridlock would help restrain a ballooning deficit that many say is causing long-term interest rates to spike, threatening the bull market.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
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Today, Australians race to get the highest kills at the Great Cane Toad Bust—an yearly kill-a-thon aimed at reducing the ballooning population of cane toads in the country.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Earlier this year, Boohoo had to scrap a lucrative bonus plan amid reports of a shareholder backlash following ballooning losses.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Europe, 18 Oct. 2024
In addition to the violence crisis in Mexico, Sheinbaum also inherits a nation struggling with a lagging currency, a ballooning budget deficit and tensions with its biggest trade partners over a controversial judicial overhaul that will allow voters to elect judges.
—Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
Gridlock would help restrain a ballooning deficit that many say is causing long-term interest rates to spike, threatening the bull market.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
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This sent prices in neighboring Bangladesh soaring, and authorities are scrambling to find new sources for the vegetable. Elsewhere, a drought in Spain took its toll on olive oil production.Aniruddha Ghosal, Evelyne Musambi, and Joeal Calupitan, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2023
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The orange leather piece featured a soaring, nearly hip-grazing leg slit that culminated with a gold buckle at the top.Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 Sep. 2022
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County officials attributed increasing mosquito activity to warmer temperatures brought by climate change.Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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The company continues to focus on expanding its product offerings and increasing its sales force to drive future revenue growth.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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The lack of protruding domes in the ring’s interior is the most evident design change, which should increase comfort, Russell adds.Alexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 3 Oct. 2024
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The camera module now retains the body-color accents in a slightly more protruding form.Prakhar Khanna, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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Zoom in: At 17 weeks pregnant, the fetus was starting to come out of her dilated cervix, according to the report.Kathryn Varn, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
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Other symptoms include a dilated pupil, redness and tears in the affected eye, ptosis, and nasal congestion.4 SUNCT headache: Short-lasting, unilateral, neuralgiform headache attacks with conjunctival injection and tearing (SUNCT) causes moderate to severe pain around the eye or temple.Mark Gurarie, Health, 25 July 2024
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Obesity rates in children and adolescents have been rising for decades.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2024
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Bond yields have been rising in recent weeks following encouraging reports on inflation and the economy.Alex Veiga, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
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For all of what Russell is and has been, Monday was possibly his most self-aware, poking fun at his frequent stints on the trade block, owning his supreme confidence on the offensive end and his struggles on the other side of the court.Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
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Spirit Halloween is hitting back at Saturday Night Live, who aired a sketch poking fun at the costume store.Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2024
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His eyesight was failing and his eyes were bloodshot and protuberant.Hermione Lee, The New York Review of Books, 21 Sep. 2022
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Hours and hours of rubbing abrasive pumice across the roughened marble resulted in the lustrous surfaces of the sculpture, including the high sheen of Pan’s taut chest and ribs, muscular right arm, and protuberant belly.William A. Wallace, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2022
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The technology is also transforming medical imaging and has been helpful in accelerating the drug discovery process.Nir Eisikovits, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
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The problem isn’t just that funds are being deployed in support of destructive practices, but that harmful finance is accelerating.Felicia Jackson, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Ballooning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ballooning. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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