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Miguelito Loveless

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4. "floundering" is correct,

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2026, 09:59 AM

Tuesday

as is "foundering"

flounder
verb
floundered; floundering ˈflau̇n-d(ə riŋ

intransitive verb
1
: to struggle to move or obtain footing : thrash about wildly
The poor horse was floundering in the mud.
2
: to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually
… the normally surefooted governor floundered a moment like a prize pupil caught unprepared.—
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Could be either floundering or foundering. Scrivener7 Tuesday #1

I hadn't been watching any of this, just catching a glimpse every now and then wolfie001 Tuesday #2

Already has been snowybirdie Tuesday #3

I'm thinking a Hollywood thing with someone like Natalie Portman wolfie001 Tuesday #10

"floundering" is correct, Miguelito Loveless Tuesday #4

Now that there are no more standards, of course it is. mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday #5

flounder as a verb dates back in English to 1592 muriel_volestrangler Tuesday #8

It looks as if a lot of things go back fsrther than I had thought. mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday #9

With that last name, she should have used Ricin ... TomWilm Tuesday #6

And she made several tries! tonekat Tuesday #7