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A small-cap biotechnology stock was floundering Monday after flaws in a trial design rendered survival data for a groundbreaking cancer drug statistically insignificant.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

By 2017, one of its early projects, called Universe, which aimed to train AI agents to play games and use computers like humans, was floundering.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

When Robert Duvall was floundering around in college, his father, a career Navy man who retired with the rank of rear admiral, told him to shape up — and start acting.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

The appointment was seen as a daring gamble by Brown, whose government was floundering in the face of the biggest economic crisis in a generation.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

She was floundering for an answer when Judith spoke.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare