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She's always wanted to go ballooning.
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Add to that a government that is poised to unleash its largest stimulus package since the pandemic to curb cost of living and prop up the struggling Japanese economy, and the concerns around Japan's ballooning debt become even more stark.
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Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 4 Dec. 2025
Zelensky has for weeks contended with a ballooning corruption scandal focused on Ukraine's energy network, firing Kyiv's energy and justice ministers earlier in November as public outrage has grown and Russia has hammered the country's energy infrastructure.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2025
Officials are especially fearful of the tragedy ballooning into a large corruption scandal, experts said.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 30 Nov. 2025
Two decades of ballooning debt for the San Diego County pension system is cooling, with the fund lopping off $462 million from its multibillion-dollar unfunded liability over the last year.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2025
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Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 4 Dec. 2025
Zelensky has for weeks contended with a ballooning corruption scandal focused on Ukraine's energy network, firing Kyiv's energy and justice ministers earlier in November as public outrage has grown and Russia has hammered the country's energy infrastructure.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2025
Officials are especially fearful of the tragedy ballooning into a large corruption scandal, experts said.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 30 Nov. 2025
Two decades of ballooning debt for the San Diego County pension system is cooling, with the fund lopping off $462 million from its multibillion-dollar unfunded liability over the last year.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2025
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“Ballooning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ballooning. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.
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