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She's always wanted to go ballooning.
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This was a significant factor in the ballooning of Medicaid.
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Jeremy Nighohossian, Boston Herald, 3 Aug. 2025
If his contract demands start ballooning into Max Fried territory, Atlanta will politely excuse itself.
—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Aug. 2025
Thailand and Cambodia agreed to talks in Malaysia on Monday aimed at ending their ballooning border dispute.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 27 July 2025
The problem for aging states is that the size of the population that tends to spend the most (people in or close to their 40s) is shrinking, while the proportion of the population that tends to spend significantly less (those 65 years and older) is ballooning.
—Mark L. Haas, Foreign Affairs, 24 July 2025
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Jeremy Nighohossian, Boston Herald, 3 Aug. 2025
If his contract demands start ballooning into Max Fried territory, Atlanta will politely excuse itself.
—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Aug. 2025
Thailand and Cambodia agreed to talks in Malaysia on Monday aimed at ending their ballooning border dispute.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 27 July 2025
The problem for aging states is that the size of the population that tends to spend the most (people in or close to their 40s) is shrinking, while the proportion of the population that tends to spend significantly less (those 65 years and older) is ballooning.
—Mark L. Haas, Foreign Affairs, 24 July 2025
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“Ballooning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ballooning. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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