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Chris -- 2018-04-11
A friend of mine found in one of her student essays: “Sorrow spread like wide fire…”
Obviously, wildfire spreads widely…
Couldn’t find it with Google. Anybody with better luck?
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Hmm, pretty easy to find actually, as like widefire. I like it; makes good sense with “spread”.
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