thrash about
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At the sound of the great drum break, we were to thrash about the locker room.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Sharks thrash about in the turbid water between us and the man.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2022
In “Monumental,” that truism is illustrated by this Canadian dance company, whose members thrash about and cavort in black-and-white work attire, channeling both cogs in the capitalist machine and animals trying to escape their cage.
From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2016
Twitter users thrash about in endless conflict with one another; comments sections roil and boil with invective.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 14, 2015
To flounder is to stumble awkwardly or thrash about like a fish out of water.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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