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While investment and consumption flail, China’s dollar-denominated exports power on, surging almost 20% year-over-year last month on demand for artificial intelligence and clean-energy products.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

Gobert was initially assessed a common foul, but officials ruled it a flagrant after a review, saying he made an "unnecessary flail" with his arm.

From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026

"When other fish get caught in those nets they sort of flail and it sends out a vibration underwater, sort of like ringing the dinner bell," says Prof Pepin-Neff.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2025

Particularly in comedy, we want to see our characters get into jams for the pleasure of watching them wildly flail about trying to get out of them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2025

The sight of a tree at night flail of glowing Clabbert pustules, while decorative, attracted too many Muggles wishing to ask why their neighbours still had their Christmas lights up in June.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling

Lawrence’s Grace needs help and the more she flails, the worse she makes things.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2025

Cure turns toward Aldridge and flails his arms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2023

Men wore black, rhythmically beating their chests in mourning or using flails to strike their backs.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 28, 2023

Lawson appears to be pulling Sheppard down, and after Lawson disappears, Sheppard flies more freely, but also flails, falling in beautiful slow-motion arcs.

From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2022

They beat it out with flails, he and the woman together.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck

The new storefronts have especially been a boon for malls, which flailed after the rise of online shopping.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

As time passed and no government help appeared, del Giudice became exasperated and flailed at the rubble.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

Bovino flailed back at every affront instead of focusing on his mission, not realizing his recklessness was eroding public support for his cause and threatening it altogether.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026

They attacked the game, while Rangers flailed wildly.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025

At the same moment, the two boys flailed and tripped.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

Rangers were flailing in the opening 45 minutes as Jagiellonia cut them open with ease, capitalising on numerous lapses in concentration.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

Netflix and other streamers have already split the film industry down the middle, separating those who venerate the art form from those who venerate the dollar, leaving many Hollywood titans flailing somewhere in the middle.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

Then Mookie Betts drove him in with a comebacker over the mound and past flailing second baseman Edouard Julien.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

"She came out with her two little arms flailing," family friend Rolando told AFP, asking to be identified by only his first name.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

Her face is scrunched up with the effort of trying to move her paddle as fast as she can, but she looks like a flailing baby bird struggling to make her wings cooperate.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam