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The Dane breathed a sigh of relief after a 2-0 midweek win against Borussia Dortmund kept his team flying high in the Champions League but they are floundering domestically.

From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026

While women’s relative economic position has improved, many men are floundering.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 21, 2025

“They are floundering to find something to run on,” he said.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2024

Handle the Cardinal, which just lost by 45 points, and the Bruins, who are floundering, and they’re headed somewhere for the holidays for the first time since 2019.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2023

Some twenty years ago most people lived fairly close to the old physiological quantities, now they have been cut adrift from these and completely unsettled and are floundering out of their depth.

From The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 The Independent Health Magazine by Daniel, Charles William