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

And recent history shows this is the month where City excel and Arsenal flounder.

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 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

“We showed him pictures of the whole family. And that great shot of you holding that flounder on the boat!”

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio

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

Speaking broadly, TJ says the trendiness of the genre “is a little annoying because people are like, ‘I hate all country music,’ until their career flounders and suddenly they do a country record.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 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

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

Rawan flounders ashore, leaning on a man’s arm.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

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

While Starmer floundered in the polls, Burnham agitated for change.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Having been branded the next Bernstein, MTT floundered.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 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

And after all the talk, Lewis has the chance to be the man who helps save England's floundering World Cup hopes.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 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

After more than a decade of failed attempts to raise money, blown deadlines and rebrands, it had been floundering.

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 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