It just looked too big for a balloon.

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For her 15th birthday, Ms. Robinson's friends surprised her by dressing it up with green and silver bows, blue and silver ribbon, and a big "Happy Birthday" balloon.

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Instead, they entail a series of balloon, as in big, payments.

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That day, the procession was coming down Fifth Avenue: the majorette twirled her baton in the air, the big drums banged, and the balloon giant, representing the Satisfied Customer, flew among the skyscrapers, obediently advancing on leashes held by girls in kepis, tassels, and fringed epaulets, riding spangly motorcycles.

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But in 2009, some of the big ones rose like a hot air balloon.

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The annual death toll from heatwaves in those big U.S. cities is expected to balloon to 3, 000 to 4, 000 by 2020, he said.

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Center-back Rio Ferdinand charged upfield and directed the ball towards Wayne Rooney, who teed the ball up and then saw his volley balloon over goalkeeper Stuart Taylor after taking a big deflection.

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One big hope for Lilly and Sankyo is that prasugrel has been tested entirely in angioplasty, a procedure in which a balloon is used to open a clogged artery.

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