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We were snowbound for a week.
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Set in a snowbound rural town, Northern Traces centers on seasoned Montreal investigator Sergeant Guillaume Pelletier, played by Danny Gilmore.
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Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2026
Even as the snow continued to fall, Boston residents peppered the city’s 311 public service request board with reports of snowbound city streets.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 26 Jan. 2026
This piece has such an interesting take on race in America, both from afar — when the author spent time in Germany — and from deep within, at the snowbound confines of a university campus in the middle of Vermont.
—Longreads, 27 Dec. 2022
Will seven days in a snowbound winter wonderland rekindle his love for his former wife—and for Christmas?
—Bruce Handy, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2022
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Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2026
Even as the snow continued to fall, Boston residents peppered the city’s 311 public service request board with reports of snowbound city streets.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 26 Jan. 2026
This piece has such an interesting take on race in America, both from afar — when the author spent time in Germany — and from deep within, at the snowbound confines of a university campus in the middle of Vermont.
—Longreads, 27 Dec. 2022
Will seven days in a snowbound winter wonderland rekindle his love for his former wife—and for Christmas?
—Bruce Handy, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2022
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“Snowbound.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowbound. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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snowbound
adjective
snow·bound
-ˈbau̇nd 
: shut in or blockaded by snow
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