Floundered

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Flounder \Floun"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Floundered}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Floundering}.] [Cf. D. flodderen to flap, splash
     through mire, E. flounce, v.i., and flounder the fish.]
     To fling the limbs and body, as in making efforts to move; to
     struggle, as a horse in the mire, or as a fish on land; to
     roll, toss, and tumble; to flounce.


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           They have floundered on from blunder to blunder. --Sir
                                                    W. Hamilton.
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