spread like wildfire
Example Sentences
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The giant number spread like wildfire across the investment world—and not in a good way.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
Hundreds of people showed up, and videos of people of all ages turning up in the popular supermarket spread like wildfire.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025
It spread like wildfire on TikTok and Instagram, spawning its own hand gestures, and became so ubiquitous -- and annoying -- that it was reportedly banned in some US schools.
From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025
Yet still the conspiracy theories continued to spread like wildfire.
From Slate • Sep. 13, 2024
A false rumour that the whole household was being distributed free spread like wildfire; and before long the place was packed with people who had no business there, but could not be kept out.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
