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Back in December 2005, YouTube barely possessed name recognition, let alone a business model, when the short spread like wildfire on the service.
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2024
The jihadi insurgencies that have spread like wildfire across Africa in recent years might seem like the exception to the rule.
—Jason K. Stearns, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2022
The legal proceeding quickly spread like wildfire online in the days that followed.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 5 June 2024
The highly contagious disease spread like wildfire through California’s most vulnerable populations — people who were immunocompromised, frail and elderly.
—Harriet Blair Rowan, The Mercury News, 21 May 2024
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2024
The jihadi insurgencies that have spread like wildfire across Africa in recent years might seem like the exception to the rule.
—Jason K. Stearns, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2022
The legal proceeding quickly spread like wildfire online in the days that followed.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 5 June 2024
The highly contagious disease spread like wildfire through California’s most vulnerable populations — people who were immunocompromised, frail and elderly.
—Harriet Blair Rowan, The Mercury News, 21 May 2024
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“Spread like wildfire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spread%20like%20wildfire. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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