thick and fast

idiom

: quickly and in large numbers
Suggestions were coming in thick and fast.

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News broke Saturday of the Grateful Dead co-founder’s death, and the remembrances are coming thick and fast from the classic rock world. Bethy Squires, Vulture, 11 Jan. 2026 The Rake-In With Trump back in the Oval Office, and players all over the world keen to get in his good books, developments came thick and fast, many of them involving crypto, foreign money, or both. John Cassidy, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025 With Channel 4 also seeking a CEO, change is coming thick and fast in the UK. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 11 Nov. 2025 Zero-days are now coming thick and fast, and Apple has just launched a new OS defense against spyware, which only Pixel can match on the Android side. Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025 Or head onto the beach and into the sea—the water is usually shallow, but the waves can come thick and fast. Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2025 Then, several years later, success came thick and fast. George Ramsay, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025 For the moment, at least, Trump is stuck, and new developments are coming thick and fast. Niall Stanage, The Hill, 22 July 2025 The slicing riffs still come thick and fast, the volume is still on overdrive, the imagery still raw, often crude and always electric. Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 1 May 2025

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“Thick and fast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thick%20and%20fast. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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