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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

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

None seem to take note of this wealth of services as some of them flounder in their own bad habits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 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 plunge right in, boots still on, and flounder downstream.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

As Target flounders, some competitors are growing fast.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026

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

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

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

The special floundered, not knowing what to do; a variety of mute expressions crossed his face and then, turning, he shuffled out of the apartment, leaving Rick alone.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé, Harry Kane, and Erling Haaland have spent the past four weeks feasting on floundering defenses all over America.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 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

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

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

With his generational rival Carlos Alcaraz injured, and most of the top 10 floundering, Sinner goes to Roland Garros as the heaviest favourite since the great Rafael Nadal.

From BBC ● May 17, 2026

Triumphantly, he watched Janza floundering on weak, wobbly knees.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier