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has floundered

  • present perfect of flounder (3rd person singular).

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While Russell has floundered a little, less comfortable with the car, and is still afflicted by bad luck, pace seems to flow from Antonelli so easily.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

But the company said that those gains were offset by declines in its legacy advertising business, which has floundered in a tough macroeconomic environment.

From Barron's Feb. 26, 2026

Already, a pelican colony on the Great Salt Lake has floundered after lowering water levels turned its island into a peninsula, giving access to coyotes, Seed said.

From Washington Times Sep. 7, 2023

But the private long-term care insurance business has floundered over the past decade.

From New York Times Jun. 16, 2023

From the time that the ideas of the later Greek philosophers had been forgotten until the present time, man has floundered in a sea of supernaturalism.

From The Necessity of Atheism by Brooks, David Marshall