Examples of crime wave in a Sentence
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Some of the arrests recently made in relation to the crime wave have been Venezuelan migrants.
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Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
The arrests on Thursday, however, were unrelated to that crime wave.
—Will McCarthy, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
John Bigs, who initiated an online petition opposing Thao, blamed the recent crime wave on a lack of funding for police and a delay in filling the empty office of police chief.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
But in the Fulton County courtroom, direct evidence such as eyewitness testimony tying Young Thug to the Young Slime Life (YSL) street gang’s scary crime wave is scarce.
—Bill Hochberg, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
And few could have predicted the crime wave that came with the COVID-19 epidemic.
—The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2024
Secretary Mayorkas and Joe Biden opened the border — and helped unleash a national crime wave.
—Mark Green, National Review, 17 Mar. 2024
New York just deployed National Guard troops to the street because of a migrant crime wave.
—CBS News, 10 Mar. 2024
The police did not provide statistics to back up Commissioner Caban’s claim of a migrant crime wave and referred questions to a Feb. 5 news conference during which police officials announced the Bronx raid and listed a litany of other crimes likely committed by migrants.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
The arrests on Thursday, however, were unrelated to that crime wave.
—Will McCarthy, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
John Bigs, who initiated an online petition opposing Thao, blamed the recent crime wave on a lack of funding for police and a delay in filling the empty office of police chief.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
But in the Fulton County courtroom, direct evidence such as eyewitness testimony tying Young Thug to the Young Slime Life (YSL) street gang’s scary crime wave is scarce.
—Bill Hochberg, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
And few could have predicted the crime wave that came with the COVID-19 epidemic.
—The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2024
Secretary Mayorkas and Joe Biden opened the border — and helped unleash a national crime wave.
—Mark Green, National Review, 17 Mar. 2024
New York just deployed National Guard troops to the street because of a migrant crime wave.
—CBS News, 10 Mar. 2024
The police did not provide statistics to back up Commissioner Caban’s claim of a migrant crime wave and referred questions to a Feb. 5 news conference during which police officials announced the Bronx raid and listed a litany of other crimes likely committed by migrants.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
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“Crime wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crime%20wave. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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