founder
noun
a person who founds or establishes something, as a company or institution.
is foundering
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present progressiveof founder (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Unfortunately for many, the access to it throughout our country is foundering and the impacts of an ill-informed society will be realized by our children.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 11, 2022
While Chicago seems to have found its way with Mack and a defense that leads the league with 10 sacks, Arizona is foundering.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 21, 2018
I loved “Eleanor & Park” so much that I then moved on to “Landline,” also by Rowell, about a successful, burned-out TV writer named Georgie, whose marriage to a stay-at-home dad is foundering.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 13, 2016
Her new book is "When It Happens to You," a novel told in stories centered around Phillip and Greta, a couple whose marriage is foundering.
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2012
Oh, yes, the ship is foundering because Corkey is in the way of this great business.
From David Lockwin—The People's Idol by John McGovern
