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• The video spread like wildfire, but the video didn’t make clear what was buried in the fine print.
  — Gary Marcus, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2024
• The claim wasn’t true, but the fake post spread like wildfire on the internet.
  — Trey Yingst, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2023
• When people saw a man being raised from the dead, the news spread like wildfire.
  — Lauren Green, Fox News, 4 Apr. 2023
• Discontent spread like wildfire to the countries of the East bloc.
  — ABC News, 30 Aug. 2022
• In the face of a brutal crackdown by the regime, protests spread like wildfire in the following weeks.
  — Adam Pourahmadi, CNN, 16 Sep. 2023
• The tweet was met with a number of responses, and the debate spread like wildfire.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 23 Jan. 2023
• In the age of social media, TV show fandoms can spread like wildfire.
  — Robert English, EW.com, 18 Apr. 2023
• The one-minute clip of Barr’s remarks spread like wildfire on social media.
  — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2023
• The tracks spread like wildfire across the internet to the dismay (or satisfaction) of many a fan.
  — Vulture, 28 July 2022
• Once the virus arrived, though, conditions enabled it to spread like wildfire.
  — Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2020
• Over the past year, the two have gotten a kick out of the misinformation about their nuptials that has spread like wildfire across the internet.
  — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2023
• News of the arrests spread like wildfire across Iran fueling outrage.
  — Leily Nikounazar, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2023
• The coronavirus has spread like wildfire across the U.S., most recently in southern and western states.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2020
• The bacterium that causes anthrax — which had been present on the peninsula for over a century — emerged from the soil and spread like wildfire.
  — Jim Geraghty, National Review, 27 Mar. 2022
• As nefarious rumors spread like wildfire on the Ridge, tragedy strikes.
  — Emma Dibdin, Town & Country, 17 Apr. 2022
• The post spread like wildfire across social media, racking up tens of thousands of reactions and shares.
  — Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 5 Oct. 2024
• What started with a dance became a meme that spread like wildfire across the web with even Jessica Alba taking part.
  — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 17 June 2024
• Focusing on the art of filmmaking yielded an end result that intrigued fans so much that the clip spread like wildfire.
  — Rivea Ruff, Essence, 18 Feb. 2022
• The jihadi insurgencies that have spread like wildfire across Africa in recent years might seem like the exception to the rule.
  — Jason K. Stearns, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2022
• The legal proceeding quickly spread like wildfire online in the days that followed.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 5 June 2024
• When another hot, dry summer hit in 2002, the disease spread like wildfire across the United States and into Canada.
  — Linda Marsa, Discover Magazine, 4 Feb. 2011
• Heated debates on school safety have spread like wildfire.
  — Marcela Rodrigues, Dallas News, 24 May 2023
• Once people started getting cheeky with their inscriptions, the trend of ironic totes spread like wildfire.
  — Meg Donohue, ELLE, 6 Jan. 2023
• The conspiracy spread like wildfire, with hashtags about Prater racking up tens of millions of views on TikTok.
  — NBC News, 3 Dec. 2021
• The theory quickly picked up steam and spread like wildfire on social media and through headlines, but a closer look at the video shows that was not actually the case.
  — Julie Mazziotta, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2024
• From Saigon to Sumatra, Singapore to Lahore, the spirit of rebellion spread like wildfire.
  — Adom Getachew, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2021
• The upswing is tied to a new, even more contagious version of the omicron variant that spread like wildfire across the United States in December and January.
  — Meredith Cohn, baltimoresun.com, 17 Mar. 2022
• What is indisputable is that the virus can spread like wildfire in settings where children are unmasked and unvaccinated, such as schools and homes.
  — Ariana Eunjung Cha, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Aug. 2021
• The reason, of course, is a global pandemic that continues to spread like wildfire throughout the United States, with cases in Texas rising.
  — Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 7 July 2020
• Stefanski didn’t have much to say about the Baker Mayfield quote that spread like wildfire on social media on Tuesday.
  — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 30 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 29 Dec 2024