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“The Little Sister” grows even more intriguing once the love affair runs aground, forcing Fatima to flounder in her heartache.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

Auditors emphasized the $32.99 stuffed flounder eight city employees ordered at a restaurant 30 miles from Elizabeth City.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

And recent history shows this is the month where City excel and Arsenal flounder.

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026

Or, with no party organisation behind him, he could flounder.

From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026

The flounder found their way back out to sea soon enough, and the fish flopping about on the sand were scooped up only by the quickest.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park

Notice how AI doomers can seem like gaffed flounders when encountering a non-pilled reporter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Still, Muncy figures to be a linchpin in the Dodgers’ long-term potential at the plate — with his recovery growing ever-steadily in importance as the rest of the lineup flounders in his wake.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2025

Oftentimes, there’s a chasmic dissonance between the urge to fulfill societal expectations of the quintessential athlete and what can actually be accomplished while one’s health flounders.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2024

Yet Italians can expect to live about five years longer than Americans, a gap that has widened even as the Italian economy flounders.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 4, 2023

He bought three flounders from the man for a quarter.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

Attempts at diplomacy have floundered as fighting escalates on several fronts across Africa's third-largest country.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

While Russell has floundered a little, less comfortable with the car, and is still afflicted by bad luck, pace seems to flow from Antonelli so easily.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Attempts to mend US-South Africa relations have floundered.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

The U.S. took a 9.9% equity stake in Intel last summer as it floundered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

After the French stock market crashed when he was thirty-four, he floundered.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

He was the emotionally tortured and volatile chef who left behind a rising career in Michelin-starred restaurants to return to Chicago, his hometown, to run his recently deceased brother’s floundering sandwich joint.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

Crucially, the firm also is bullish on Intel’s foundry business, which was seen as a floundering effort as recently as last year.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

To catch up, Volkswagen has sought to insulate its floundering Chinese business from the Eurocentric designs and slow decision-making of its German headquarters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

Although the head coach has outperformed teams with bigger wage bills in years gone by, his side ended up floundering in the bottom half this time around.

From BBC ● May 27, 2026

As the book keeper was ill, Sander was given the task of holding the play book and throwing out lines to players who were floundering.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood