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Naturally, the news spread like wildfire throughout the golf world.
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Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
An affirming energy spread like wildfire at the Holt Building in Palo Alto on a particularly balmy afternoon.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 2 Mar. 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
This in turn led to larger, more violent clashes across Syria, and by the time the military, backed by tanks and snipers, rolled into Daraa the following month, the demonstrations had spread like wildfire across Syria, followed by a vicious crackdown.
—Hala Gorani, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2025
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Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
An affirming energy spread like wildfire at the Holt Building in Palo Alto on a particularly balmy afternoon.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 2 Mar. 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
This in turn led to larger, more violent clashes across Syria, and by the time the military, backed by tanks and snipers, rolled into Daraa the following month, the demonstrations had spread like wildfire across Syria, followed by a vicious crackdown.
—Hala Gorani, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2025
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“Spread like wildfire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spread%20like%20wildfire. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.
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