spread like wildfire

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: to become known very quickly

The news spread like wildfire.

Examples of spread like wildfire in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Cecily Brownstone of The Associated Press added ham and pickles to her cheese dreams in 1950, and that idea spread like wildfire through small-town American kitchens. — Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 24 June 2026

Fury over the Justice Department's handling of the Epstein files has spread like wildfire in Congress among both Republicans and Democrats. — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for spread like wildfire

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