flounder

“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

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

I flounder through the water, the edges of the ice breaking off as I step.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 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

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

Evergrande's offshore bondholders are expected to sharpen their focus on offshore assets as the developer's debt restructuring plan flounders with the founder now being investigated over suspected "illegal crimes".

From Reuters ● Sep. 29, 2023

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

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

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

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Attempts to mend US-South Africa relations have floundered.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

A few frogs lost their heads and floundered among the feet and got through and these were saved.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

The disaster led to enquiries on both sides of the Channel, with questions asked about the failure of British and French boats to rescue the people who died despite repeated calls from the floundering dinghy.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

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

“I thought him letting us use his building was an arrangement of love. He’s floundering in gold, he doesn’t need our rent!”

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols