have floundered
- present perfect of flounder.
Example Sentences
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Attempts to mend US-South Africa relations have floundered.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
Efforts to deal with fiscal policy, entitlements and other critical issues have floundered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025
Merck shares have floundered this year, as the company speeds like a whistling locomotive toward the expiration of the patents protecting its megablockbuster cancer immunotherapy Keytruda.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2025
But similar efforts have floundered in cities like New York.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2024
If it had not been for Osceola’s uncanny power, half instinct, half sight, Bill would have floundered into the soft mud of the swamp and been sucked down into the ooze.
From Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman by Sainsbury, Noel
