flounder
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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
“If you want to have the stuffed flounder, buy it yourself,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
The outlook for younger workers could flounder if the effects of the recent oil shock lead to a pullback in discretionary spending.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
He didn’t even like seafood until puberty — “back then it was only flounder or sole for me” — but as an adult, he’s circled back to the foods of his childhood.
From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2025
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
As Target flounders, some competitors are growing fast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
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
Most of the 10 schools are in less-than-ideal position to swallow significant buyouts if the head coach flounders next season.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2024
If Pelinka makes the trade and gives Ham the missing piece and the team still flounders … maybe then, you consider firing him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2024
Old platter-foot Doxology was daintily nibbling hay from the manger with lips like two flounders.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
While Ferrari, the pre-race favourites, floundered and made, in the words of their team boss Frederic Vasseur "too many mistakes", Norris and McLaren were almost perfect.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Attempts to mend US-South Africa relations have floundered.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
Having been branded the next Bernstein, MTT floundered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
Countries that industrialized, prospered; those that failed to industrialize, floundered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
They struggled on for some hours and then floundered off through the roadside brush and lay shivering and exhausted on the cold ground and slept till day.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
It doesn’t help that you two were hired together and you’ve clearly thrived while she seems to be floundering.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
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
After more than a decade of failed attempts to raise money, blown deadlines and rebrands, it had been floundering.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
However, the event is floundering as one act after another withdraws.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
Otis was floundering in the lake, trying to re-form, but from the arms down he looked like a puddle of burnt oatmeal.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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