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as in stumbled
to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually
unprepared choristers who floundered helplessly through the musical number
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as in shuffled
to move heavily or clumsily
the car floundered through the heavy wet snow, constantly getting stuck
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Recent Examples of floundered
Diplomacy has so far failed to broker a deal between Israel and Hezbollah, and the ceasefire and hostage negotiations between Hamas and Israel have floundered.
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Helen Regan, CNN, 2 Oct. 2024
And the engineer’s aim to eliminate the interpretative nature of musical performance and authentically convey a composer’s intentions with the aid of a complex technical system also ultimately floundered.
—Lauren Rosati, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
Given how the airline’s shares have floundered in recent years, both Useem and John Busenbark, associate professor of management and organization at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business, find Elliott’s pressure unsurprising.
—Greg McKenna, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
Helen Regan, CNN, 2 Oct. 2024
And the engineer’s aim to eliminate the interpretative nature of musical performance and authentically convey a composer’s intentions with the aid of a complex technical system also ultimately floundered.
—Lauren Rosati, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
Given how the airline’s shares have floundered in recent years, both Useem and John Busenbark, associate professor of management and organization at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business, find Elliott’s pressure unsurprising.
—Greg McKenna, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
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