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This isn’t because the company has overcome its strategic problems; it is floundering against Nvidia in graphical processing units, which drive AI, and against Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. in making chips for outside customers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

The stock has jumped 69% this year, with investors hopeful that a pipeline of cancer drugs can drive earnings growth at a time when the company’s core respiratory vaccine business is floundering.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

The real estate sector in particular is floundering.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2024

Dickie’s car dealership is floundering, his kids are acting out and his wife, Imelda, is miserable.

From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2023

He shut it off ... and seemed to go crazy, too ... he is floundering around like a wild man now....

From Triplanetary by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)