How to Use spread like wildfire in a Sentence

spread like wildfire

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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
• When people saw a man being raised from the dead, the news spread like wildfire.
  — Lauren Green, Fox News, 4 Apr. 2023
• The claim wasn’t true, but the fake post spread like wildfire on the internet.
  — Trey Yingst, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2023
• Public health officials like to say that measles can spread like wildfire.
  — Lisa Jarvis, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2025
• Of course, the snaps spread like wildfire, with various fan sites picking them up.
  — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
• Thus, the video, which lacked context, spread like wildfire on social media.
  — Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 17 June 2025
• The tweet was met with a number of responses, and the debate spread like wildfire.
  — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 23 Jan. 2023
• News of the memo spread like wildfire, with media outlets picking up on it within hours.
  — Peter Baugh, New York Times, 19 June 2025
• In the face of a brutal crackdown by the regime, protests spread like wildfire in the following weeks.
  — Adam Pourahmadi, CNN, 16 Sep. 2023
• Discontent spread like wildfire to the countries of the East bloc.
  — ABC News, 30 Aug. 2022
• The one-minute clip of Barr’s remarks spread like wildfire on social media.
  — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2023
• Once the virus arrived, though, conditions enabled it to spread like wildfire.
  — Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2020
• Watching the tentacles of fascism spread like wildfire is hard.
  — Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
• Naturally, the news spread like wildfire throughout the golf world.
  — Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
• Word spread like wildfire, and people started coming from near and far to drink the water, some even drilling their own wells.
  — Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025
• In the age of social media, TV show fandoms can spread like wildfire.
  — Robert English, EW.com, 18 Apr. 2023
• The word spread like wildfire across social media, sending droves of Swifties to her website.
  — Hadley Hitson, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Oct. 2025
• Video of the collapse, which shows the structure tumbling like a house of cards, quickly spread like wildfire online.
  — Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 31 Jan. 2026
• News of the arrests spread like wildfire across Iran fueling outrage.
  — Leily Nikounazar, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2023
• As nefarious rumors spread like wildfire on the Ridge, tragedy strikes.
  — Emma Dibdin, Town & Country, 17 Apr. 2022
• The tracks spread like wildfire across the internet to the dismay (or satisfaction) of many a fan.
  — Vulture, 28 July 2022
• The post spread like wildfire across social media, racking up tens of thousands of reactions and shares.
  — Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 5 Oct. 2024
• Once people started getting cheeky with their inscriptions, the trend of ironic totes spread like wildfire.
  — Meg Donohue, ELLE, 6 Jan. 2023
• The legal proceeding quickly spread like wildfire online in the days that followed.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 5 June 2024
• The claims spread like wildfire, and within weeks, the comet was dominating headlines and social media feeds.
  — Brett Tingley, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2025
• Word of Botello’s supple brisket and meticulous approach spread like wildfire.
  — Claudia Alarcón, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
• Those comments spread like wildfire online, leading social media users to call for a boycott of the company.
  — Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
• 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
• 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
• 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