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In the backdrop, a mini crime wave was happening.
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Scott Huver, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
But when a crime wave sweeps through Hawkins, Henry is forced to question whether he's somehow connected to the horrors.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 5 Feb. 2025
The data was lauded by Democrats and the media as part of a turning point for crime woes in the U.S. after the crime wave of 2020, when defund-the-police protests and riots swept the nation and the pandemic’s stay-at-home orders upended daily life.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 23 Jan. 2025
The decline signals the COVID-era crime wave, marked by years of deadly violence, may finally be ebbing.
—Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 24 Jan. 2025
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Scott Huver, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2025
But when a crime wave sweeps through Hawkins, Henry is forced to question whether he's somehow connected to the horrors.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 5 Feb. 2025
The data was lauded by Democrats and the media as part of a turning point for crime woes in the U.S. after the crime wave of 2020, when defund-the-police protests and riots swept the nation and the pandemic’s stay-at-home orders upended daily life.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 23 Jan. 2025
The decline signals the COVID-era crime wave, marked by years of deadly violence, may finally be ebbing.
—Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Crime wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crime%20wave. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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