Examples of spread like wildfire in a Sentence
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The concern quickly spiraled into conspiracy theories, which spread like wildfire across social media.
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Sam Reed, Glamour, 22 Mar. 2024
Social media posts spread like wildfire, claiming that these settings give strangers access to your personal information and entries.
—Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2024
Your choices spread like wildfire–person to person, social feed to social feed (#layoffs on TikTok has over 400 million views).
—Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
The claim wasn’t true, but the fake post spread like wildfire on the internet.
—Trey Yingst, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2023
Word of Anderson’s death spread like wildfire among retail pharmacists.
—USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2024
The fake images of Taylor Swift that spread like wildfire on social media in late January likely began as a chatroom challenge to bypass filters meant to stop people from creating pornography with artificial intelligence, a new study finds.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2024
Throughout the 18th century, newspapers spread like wildfire through the colonies ensuring consistent communication and information sharing across the growing country.
—Detroit Free Press, 10 Jan. 2024
News of the arrests spread like wildfire across Iran fueling outrage.
—Leily Nikounazar, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2023
Sam Reed, Glamour, 22 Mar. 2024
Social media posts spread like wildfire, claiming that these settings give strangers access to your personal information and entries.
—Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2024
Your choices spread like wildfire–person to person, social feed to social feed (#layoffs on TikTok has over 400 million views).
—Ann Kowal Smith, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
The claim wasn’t true, but the fake post spread like wildfire on the internet.
—Trey Yingst, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2023
Word of Anderson’s death spread like wildfire among retail pharmacists.
—USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2024
The fake images of Taylor Swift that spread like wildfire on social media in late January likely began as a chatroom challenge to bypass filters meant to stop people from creating pornography with artificial intelligence, a new study finds.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2024
Throughout the 18th century, newspapers spread like wildfire through the colonies ensuring consistent communication and information sharing across the growing country.
—Detroit Free Press, 10 Jan. 2024
News of the arrests spread like wildfire across Iran fueling outrage.
—Leily Nikounazar, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2023
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