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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

As for the stuffed flounder, he said those staffers were returning from a work conference and could spend their per-diem food allowance as they wished.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 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

‘Here it is. Don’t pinch, lad! I won’t let you go. Tread water and don’t flounder, or you’ll upset the boat. There now, get hold of the side, and let me use the paddle!’

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

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

But as the office market flounders, marketing materials hint at the potential for changing at least some of Smith Tower’s other uses.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 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

One part of it was reserved for the fishermen who brought crabs and oysters and bass and flounders.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien

After the cancellation of “The Twilight Zone,” Serling floundered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 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

I floundered for a killer put-down line without any stammer words in it.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

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

John Tortorella took over a floundering team with eight games left in the season and turned the Golden Knights into title contenders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026

However, the event is floundering as one act after another withdraws.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

Hazel turned one of the stink bugs over with the toe of his wet tennis shoe and the shining black beetle strove madly with floundering legs to get upright again.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck