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
The Chuck Norris memes spread like wildfire in the early days of social media in the 2000s.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
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
It’s unclear when the video was made, but it emerged and spread like wildfire on social media after a Fox News reporter, citing unnamed sources, said it had triggered a federal probe into the politician.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2025
Others had been told by parole and probation officers that they could not vote, and although it was not true, they believed it, and the news spread like wildfire.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
