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foundering::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | going under |
| Type of | sinking |
| Derivation | founder |
Examples of foundering
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And they reelected a president who, you know, was foundering with a bad economy.
From the npr.org
Five years later, with Visteon foundering, Ford reabsorbed many of its employees.
From the businessweek.com
In 2007, the Capitals were foundering, running as far off the pace as Kenyatta.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Ask her how she thinks her children would feel if they knew she was foundering.
From the denverpost.com
The European Central Bank will continue to support the nation's foundering banks.
From the dailyherald.com
Froman, on a speakerphone from Columbia, reported that the talks were foundering.
From the businessweek.com
For the foundering industry, the rejection could not have come at a worse time.
From the time.com
Simultaneously, they inextricably tied taxpayers to a foundering sports franchise.
From the sltrib.com
If students are foundering, it's better to respond in September than November.
From the post-gazette.com
- Laminitis: inflammation of the laminated tissue that attaches the hoof to the foot of a horse
- Fall through: fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered"
- Sink below the surface
- A person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country"
- A worker who makes metal castings
- Collapse: break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"
- An entrepreneur is a person who has possession of a new enterprise, venture or idea and assumes significant accountability for the inherent risks and the outcome. The term is originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish economist Richard Cantillon. ...
- Laminitis is a disease of the digital laminae of the hoof (foot of an ungulate). It is most well known in horses and cattle.
- Internet Relay Chat services (usually called IRC services) is a name for a set of features implemented in most modern Internet Relay Chat networks. Services are automated bots with special status which are generally used to provide users with access with certain privileges and protection. ...
