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She's always wanted to go ballooning.
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When governance meets Goliath For more than a decade, Biglari Holdings and Biglari himself have been plagued by accusations of mismanagement due to ballooning executive pay, stock volatility, and a licensing deal that potentially advantages Biglari personally.
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Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2025
Although auto loan rates are fixed for the life of the loan, ballooning payments have become another pain point for consumers.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
What happened in California and Florida over the past couple of years, with the states' insurers of last resort ballooning in size as a result of carriers dropping coverage, showed that these programs are not ready to fill the void left by the private sector.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
In 2014, Natarajan and Tal Alexander of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel described a scenario where one star in an especially starry region collapses into a large black hole that then zooms around like Pac-Man, hoovering up gas and ballooning to a huge size.
—Quanta Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
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Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2025
Although auto loan rates are fixed for the life of the loan, ballooning payments have become another pain point for consumers.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
What happened in California and Florida over the past couple of years, with the states' insurers of last resort ballooning in size as a result of carriers dropping coverage, showed that these programs are not ready to fill the void left by the private sector.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
In 2014, Natarajan and Tal Alexander of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel described a scenario where one star in an especially starry region collapses into a large black hole that then zooms around like Pac-Man, hoovering up gas and ballooning to a huge size.
—Quanta Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Ballooning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ballooning. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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