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Discover LudwigThe phrase "flounder in" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It is typically used to mean to struggle or to be in a difficult, confused, or helpless situation. For example: "The team had been floundering in deadlock for weeks before finally coming up with a solution."
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Would I flounder in a sea of flop sweat?
Foreign students often flounder in so unstructured an academic environment.
Why do so many black children flounder in school?
Watch your beloved flounder in the egg and spoon race with a name like Gazza.
After investing heavily in Brazilian sovereign bonds, the bank began to flounder in 1997.
Its "Empire" continued to flounder in its second week with 5.16 million viewers.
Almost immediately I began to flounder in the soft ice and snow.
Yet large numbers of middle- and upper-class kids also flounder in school.
One husband is now in a coma, another is in therapy, and both couples flounder in mistrust.
We tried to trust Vinny, and like the sad sack Flounder in "Animal House," our trust is being misplaced.
But the latest flounder in the relationship will last long after they have been put to rest.
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