Example Sentences

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As Target flounders, some competitors are growing fast.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

If Pelinka makes the trade and gives Ham the missing piece and the team still flounders … maybe then, you consider firing him.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2024

Yet Italians can expect to live about five years longer than Americans, a gap that has widened even as the Italian economy flounders.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2023

South Korea's central bank raised its policy interest rate by an unprecedented half point on Wednesday, aiming to pull inflation from 24-year highs while balancing fear of a sharp economic downturn as business activity flounders.

From Reuters • Jul. 13, 2022

“Yes, all hail to the Roman flounders, quite right! Pass the peaches, please!”

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood