Sentence examples for to founder on from inspiring English sources

He describes, almost as if he were standing in the room, how Reagan and Gorbachev, at the Reykjavik summit, nearly agreed to remove both superpowers' nuclear arsenals, only for the deal to founder on one or two whispered words.

This is true, but the talks with the EU are at least as likely as the FTAA ones to founder on the issue of farm protection.

"Otherwise, any reform would be sure to founder on everyday resistance from within," he said.

Many love affairs have been launched on such idealistic delight, only to founder on rocks of jealousy or betrayal.

Instead they became merely the latest side to founder on the jagged rocks of Toulon's ultra-physical defensive line.

It's why voters feel alienated, yet the attempts to change the culture always seem to founder on someone's trivial objection.

Hiram was my three-greats grandfather, and his family came pretty close to foundering on the wrong side of history.

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