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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

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

A run of flounder meant that a school of the tasty fish had come into shore far closer than usual; the waves even tossed fish right up on the beach.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park

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

Haddock are caught by the same fishers who target other bottom-dwelling groundfish species such as cod, pollock and flounders.

From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2023

South Korea's central bank raised its policy interest rate by an unprecedented half point on Wednesday, aiming to pull inflation from 24-year highs while balancing fear of a sharp economic downturn as business activity flounders.

From Reuters ● Jul. 13, 2022

Old platter-foot Doxology was daintily nibbling hay from the manger with lips like two flounders.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

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

Complacency was the exact thing that general manager Kelly McCrimmon was looking to eliminate when he fired coach Bruce Cassidy 74 games into the regular season as the Golden Knights floundered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

Having been branded the next Bernstein, MTT floundered.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026

Expecting to be attacked at any moment, they scuttered and floundered through the undergrowth, finding here a doe and there one of their own rabbits and forcing them on.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

“He called it ‘Flounders Day,’ ” his son, Rich Wood, explains, “because they’d be floundering around the store, getting in everyone’s way.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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

She had never rowed a boat and could easily picture herself floundering, especially if nasty naiads were giving her a hard time.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull