icebound

Example Sentences

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Aside from a few technical glitches involving the two submersibles, and part of a day spent icebound when operations were suspended, the search proceeded relatively smoothly.

From New York Times

The delays were so severe that Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday suggested he would explore sending his state’s national guard to collect doses from icebound shipping hubs in Memphis, Tennessee, and Louisville, Kentucky.

From Seattle Times

The Arctic as we once knew it, an inhospitable, barely accessible and icebound place, is gone.

From Seattle Times

For five and a half days in the dead of winter, a team of mushers and their dogs rushed from Nome and back, covering hundreds of miles to deliver medicine to the beleaguered, icebound city.

From New York Times

The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department says the lakes will be icebound for another few weeks, with a traditional mid- to late-April full ice-out likely in the central Lakes Region.

From Washington Times