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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

While corvids and parrots are unquestionably brainy, they flounder with some cognitive tasks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 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

Madam, my father has left me flopping like a flounder at low tide and you say what’s the matter.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee

As Target flounders, some competitors are growing fast.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 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

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

He bought three flounders from the man for a quarter.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

While Starmer floundered in the polls, Burnham agitated for change.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Other U.S.-based sodium-ion startups have floundered of late.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Countries that industrialized, prospered; those that failed to industrialize, floundered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

Borthwick, whose side have floundered in defeats by Scotland and Ireland in the past two rounds of the Six Nations, said the pressure that comes with being an England coach is a constant.

From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026

There was no sound but the creaking of the wagon as it floundered through the sour-smelling mud and over mammoth tree roots.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

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

Owning shares in a floundering company is psychological torture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 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

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