spread like wildfire
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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
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
It’s unclear when the video was made, but it emerged and spread like wildfire on social media after a Fox News reporter, citing unnamed sources, said it had triggered a federal probe into the politician.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2025
Conspiracy theories, especially about vaccines, spread like wildfire.
From Slate • Mar. 17, 2025
The news spread like wildfire that the eighth grade president was down again.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
