spread like wildfire

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: to become known very quickly
The news spread like wildfire.

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Murmurs of surprises and spoilers—commonplace for blockbusters but hardly typical for documentaries—spread like wildfire in the lead-up to the release. — Andrew McGowan, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026 The Texas Democrat returned to the campaign trail last weekend after more than a week away with the flu, as conspiracy theories from right-wing activists spread like wildfire across social media. — Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026 The clip, plucked out of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, spread like wildfire through the digital landscape. — Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026 Science has always been about hypotheses and proving theories, and this approach was applied to the Conformity Gate theory that spread like wildfire online. — Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 20 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for spread like wildfire

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