Examples of spread like wildfire in a Sentence
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Of course, the snaps spread like wildfire, with various fan sites picking them up.
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Misinformation can spread like wildfire as Mercury moves into Libra today.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Scandals also tend to spread like wildfire.
—Sean Willchene, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The Wu administration plans to flood the Mass and Cass area with many of the 100 new Boston police officers who graduated from the academy last month, to crack down on the crime and drug use that’s spread like wildfire to other neighborhoods.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Misinformation can spread like wildfire as Mercury moves into Libra today.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Scandals also tend to spread like wildfire.
—Sean Willchene, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The Wu administration plans to flood the Mass and Cass area with many of the 100 new Boston police officers who graduated from the academy last month, to crack down on the crime and drug use that’s spread like wildfire to other neighborhoods.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for spread like wildfire
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“Spread like wildfire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spread%20like%20wildfire. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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