flounder
Example Sentences
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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
Without that motivation the project would flounder before it had even begun.
From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025
If sole were the sole type of fish whose name had multiple meanings, that would be one thing to carp about, but three is enough to make anyone flounder.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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