Example Sentences
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A plan to convert it to a private school foundered during Covid and Sebastian said it is considering next steps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
The original plan was to go into partnership with Porsche, but that deal foundered by late summer 2022.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
Instead, they foundered in the breeze, squeezing out whatever bitter juice was left in a dirge that would prove to drag on for at least another week.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
The five living presidents who succeeded him, whose own Mideast peace efforts sometimes bore brief fruit but more often foundered, have all paid public tribute to him, in their own ways.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2025
They were bathed in light, while down below, the city foundered in gloom.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
