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Ballooned meaning
simple past and past participle of balloon
Example sentences (20)
A debt default might cause a slight deflation in home values that have ballooned in recent years.
Attendee figures ballooned in following years and saved the pub after drawing mullet-clad patrons from around the world.
Bary, who has ballooned in weight since his arrest three years ago, denies all the charges against him.
But with the unexpectedness of Russia’s invasion last year, combined with the desperation of Ukraine’s defense, the number – and corresponding needs for materiel – of Ukraine’s soldiers quickly ballooned beyond the state’s ability to equip them.
Chelsea might have pulled further clear in the closing minutes of the half, Sterling with a familiar burst down the right, slipping the ball to Malo Gusto who showed the finishing instincts of a full-back and ballooned over.
City Power’s overdraft has ballooned to over R9bn and is costing it R36m a month in interest.
Durant, who led the NBA in minutes played for a large portion of this season, played 30 of a possible 36 minutes through the first three quarters as the Nets built a lead that ballooned as large at 20 in the third period.
Ever since James Cameron departed after delivering one of the greatest sci-fi sequels everTerminator 2: Judgment Day, the series’ box office returns have been dropping, even as its budgets have ballooned.
It has ballooned from $2.5 billion in value to $570 billion in that period.
It has since ballooned into a company employing 6,000 staff across 37 countries and launching more than 50 products and services that ranged from holiday insurance and home rentals, wage advance, buy now pay later and crypto trading.
Known for leasing machinery such as forklifts, cranes and scaffoldings, Ashtead's sales have ballooned over the past couple of years due to acquisitions and a rebound in construction activity.
Later, in a Twitter chat, Musk said Gates' Tesla short bet may have ballooned, and the latter would need about $1.5 billion to $2 billion to cover the short position.
Military spending, meanwhile, has ballooned.
Senior Hunter Elks crushed a 2-RBI double to the outfield as the Knights’ lead quickly ballooned.
Starmer announced a £1.5-billion ($1.8-billion) plan to tackle waiting lists in the health service that have ballooned due to the impact of industrial action and a huge pandemic backlog.
Such was the violence inflicted on his head that it ballooned, the court heard.
That number has since ballooned, with 84 released in the six days since the ruling was handed down and another eight expected to be released shortly.
The fund ballooned to more than $445.6 million as of June 30, but a disbursement to the National Institutes of Health of money formerly used to put on party conventions decreased the pool of idle dollars.
Their advantage over the third-place Padres has ballooned to seven games, with the two teams not meeting again until August.
What started as a one man joke has now ballooned in size and Mr Codling now employs several staff who help him with the management of the company.