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

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

From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 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

Then as now, the Northwest Coast, thick with fruit and fruits de mer, was a gatherer’s paradise: wild strawberries, wild blueberries, soapberries, huckleberries, thimbleberries, salmonberries; clams, cockles, mussels, oysters; flounder, hake, salmon.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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

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

Old platter-foot Doxology was daintily nibbling hay from the manger with lips like two flounders.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

Harry had designs on Netflix nature documentaries, but non-royal-related shows and movies floundered, and their Archewell production office experienced a significant turnover in staff.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

Attempts to mend US-South Africa relations have floundered.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 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

Having been branded the next Bernstein, MTT floundered.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026

A few frogs lost their heads and floundered among the feet and got through and these were saved.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

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

Crucially, the firm also is bullish on Intel’s foundry business, which was seen as a floundering effort as recently as last year.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

“I don’t know,” Dobbs confessed with an air of floundering embarrassment.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller