Illinois, like other states, has dug its super-sized pension pothole in other ways as well.
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But the appetite for super-sized debt is spreading to more conservative areas, as well.
Lincoln luxury brand made a killing during the 1990s selling super-sized Navigator sport utility vehicles.
The current crisis is a sort of super-sized, IMAX version of a depressingly familiar horror film.
The "Game of Thrones" team is creating a "super-sized" third season of the hit series.
In politics, we know the U.S. Supreme Court opened the door to super-sized contributions for political purposes.
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Our super-sized debt is only manageable because our lenders are completely confident that we can pay it back.
People had shopping carts full of super-sized bath sets brimming with perfumed soaps and bottles of bubble bath.
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But the biggest announcement has been on plans for a new super-sized prison.
It will be "a super-sized season, as befitting 'Storm of Swords, '" Benioff adds.
More super-sized handsets are expected to be announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona which begins on 25 February.
The Academy Awards have been dubbed the "Super Bowl for women, " and host ABC is hoping it delivers similarly super-sized ratings.
On a certain level, the public has been treating the internet like a super-sized repository of the media they already know.
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The need to go bigger and bigger has turned the weddings into super-sized productions, with planning up to 1 year in advance.
No one doubts that Americans are getting fatter, as we hunker down behind our desks all day, and eat super-sized orders of fries.
If these are indeed the last days for the Hoyas in the super-sized Big East, they're certainly poised to go out with a bang.
Those few days were jam packed full of 84-inch 4K televisions, super-sized smartphones and both Windows 8 slates and hybrids.
U.S. retailers of all stripes super-sized their stores over the past two decades after big-box chains demonstrated the benefits of being larger than the competition.
And say what you will about contemporary entertainment, but education (especially when it is not accompanied by super-sized student loans) is clearly a social good.
The Mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, is calling for a municipal ban on sales of super-sized sugary drinks in an attempt to tackle obesity.
The super-sized plaintiffs in such cases might just as well sue their cars or their couches or their televisions or their videogames--or any other product of an affluent society.
In a world filled with super-sized challenges, there is massive opportunity for people to pursue purpose driven endeavors that can work towards impacting a billion lives for the better.
Dillingham's police chief says it's better to be safe than sorry, but some residents are appalled and ask, why a town without a single stoplight needs a super-sized surveillance program.
"This time last year, CAL (and others) triggered our Down 30 in 30 rule, on fears no self-respecting business traveler would dare fly in the absence of super-sized toiletries, " Baker wrote.
The prince's lawyer, Benjamin Reznik, notes other residences in the neighborhood are super-sized and says opposition has been "fomented" by neighbor Martha Karsh, the wife of Oaktree Capital Management founder Bruce Karsh.
We're sure there are more than a few super-sized rear-projection TVs that will continue to bring the big game to basements and dens everywhere, feel free to celebrate an old friend in the comments below.
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At the time, the super-sized reptiles were common, but the introduction of wild goats, which ate the vegetation that formed their diet, and the hunting habits of passing sailors -- left them on the brink of extinction.
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As Europe's leading defensive minds ponder ways to slow down the super-sized Welsh back division, they may be disappointed to learn that they possess another common trait that's even more astonishing than how much they weigh or how tall they are: Their age.
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