floundering
Example Sentences
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When I went up to pull them over, floundering in the deep snow, they ignored me, tried to shrug away my hand.
From Literature
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Instead the headlines were about Ms. Noem’s floundering, including under hard questions from Republican Senators.
For the past couple of years, investors have hoped—unsuccessfully—that the government would step up its stimulus efforts to recharge the floundering economy.
From Barron's
The Las Vegas Raiders entered this NFL offseason armed with the types of assets that could quickly turn around a floundering franchise.
The stock has jumped 69% this year, with investors hopeful that a pipeline of cancer drugs can drive earnings growth at a time when the company’s core respiratory vaccine business is floundering.
From Barron's
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