founder
noun
a person who founds or establishes something, as a company or institution.
are foundering
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present progressiveof founder.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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State and local governments are doing the best they can, but some are foundering.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2021
But plans to expand nuclear are foundering; indeed the UK may end up at worst with just one new nuclear station - at Hinkley - instead of the planned six.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2019
At issue in Asia — and everywhere — is not just that medical scaffolding varies across and within nations, with some lacking robust medical facilities, but that even sophisticated cities boasting top-notch hospitals are foundering.
From Time ● Oct. 29, 2014
You are foundering, failing courses, and thinking about dropping out.
From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2014
Every nymph of the flood, her tresses rending, Throws off her armlet of pearl in the main; Neptune in anguish his charge unattending, Vessels are foundering, and vows are in vain.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 by Sir Walter Scott
