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Surveying the wreckage of a week of AI disruption Hartnett observes it’s spreading like wildfire: insurance brokers Monday, wealth advisors Tuesday, real-estate services Wednesday and logistics Thursday.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 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

Cryptocurrencies spread through the military like wildfire in the early 2020s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

It spread like wildfire on TikTok and Instagram, spawning its own hand gestures, and became so ubiquitous -- and annoying -- that it was reportedly banned in some US schools.

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

The story of the boggart assuming Snape’s shape, and the way that Neville had dressed it in his grandmother’s clothes, had traveled through the school like wildfire.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling




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