spread like wildfire
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Social media videos featuring entrepreneurs power washing and vacuuming car interiors have spread like wildfire, leading some young people facing a challenging job market to start their own car detailing businesses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
The backlash was nearly instantaneous, and spread like wildfire across subreddits, Instagram, Facebook, even LinkedIn.
From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2026
Hundreds of people showed up, and videos of people of all ages turning up in the popular supermarket spread like wildfire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
In the 2000s, the song spread like wildfire on file-sharing sites like Napster and Kazaa but, until now, The Stones had refused to clear it for commercial release.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025
A false rumour that the whole household was being distributed free spread like wildfire; and before long the place was packed with people who had no business there, but could not be kept out.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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