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Former big-league umpire Larry Barnett notes that three decades ago, umpires went from using outer chest protectors—giant balloon-like shields—to modern chest protectors inside their shirts.

Step Up to the Plate—and Stay There! Jared Diamond 2011

Diverticular disease — This afflicts about half of all Americans by age 60, involving small, balloon-like pockets that develop in the colon wall.

The lowdown on colon health 2010

Finally, when she saw a sliver of sunlight through her doorway, she pulled on her new clothes—the long-sleeved, knee-length dress and the balloon-like pants with a heavy sweater over it.

Lipstick in Afghanistan Roberta Gately 2010

The local emergency room identified the cause pretty quickly: Jay had diverticulitis, small, balloon-like sacs protruding from the surface of his large intestine into his abdominal cavity.

SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010

The local emergency room identified the cause pretty quickly: Jay had diverticulitis, small, balloon-like sacs protruding from the surface of his large intestine into his abdominal cavity.

SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010

The local emergency room identified the cause pretty quickly: Jay had diverticulitis, small, balloon-like sacs protruding from the surface of his large intestine into his abdominal cavity.

SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010

“Brooks Brothers shirts are cut to be very blousy—almost like a spinnaker,” the balloon-like sail used when sailing downwind.

At the Brooks Brothers Hip Hop Summit Con Chapman 2010

Lechuguilla Cave is not only the deepest at 494m (1,604 feet) and longest at 193 km (121 miles), but contains the largest collection of hydromagnesite balloon-like formations, subaqueous helictite formations and calcite speleothems.

Carlsbad Caverns National Park, United States 2009

Rather, Varda maintains a tight control over her seemingly languid images, often offsetting the balloon-like floating of the camera with striking formalist compositions recalling the early films of Bergman and Antonioni, though Varda has always insisted that she was no cinephile and had seen hardly any films when she made this debut.

La Pointe-Courte Ed Howard 2009

This would be my issue: casting a woman with disproportionate, balloon-like, plastic boobs.

Auditions are underway 2009