flounder

I tipped Spain to beat France but still did not expect such a flat performance and their star-studded frontline to flounder as badly as they did.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

“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

“If you want to have the stuffed flounder, buy it yourself.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026

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

In “Green Gets It,” a man nearing 70 falls off a party yacht and flounders to the wharf.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

As the play flounders, director Jo Bonney casts about for solutions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 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

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

He bought three flounders from the man for a quarter.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

He floundered as the Wolverines barely beat Western Michigan, the underdog, in the season opener, then looked stronger in a win Saturday against No. 11 Oklahoma.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

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

But he floundered at sea and was picked up by Chinese fishermen, who handed him to the police.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

Often they floundered, stepping or falling hands-first into waters as noisome as a cesspool, till they were slimed and fouled almost up to their necks and stank in one another’s nostrils.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

Last March's 3-0 win for Forest at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium provided the platform for the visitors' survival bid while leaving Spurs floundering until the final day.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 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

So that, when Will surfaced again, still spitting and floundering, no one was there but Beetle in the tree, looking down at him with her eyes great in her white face.

From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman