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“We were floundering. We needed help as well. We gave her the medication and it was constantly being changed. It wasn’t working,” Ann said.

Bridget Jones went straight to many women's hearts in the 1990s, but some think the floundering and flawed heroine, who's fixated with her weight and relationship status, is not the best role model.

As England floundered, Smith scratched around in the early part of his innings.

But somehow — because it’s so wonderfully written — it does, landing with affection and grace within a depiction of a few floundering, turbulent days.

The Galaxy won the MLS Cup that season but quickly floundered while Chivas USA never did catch on.