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Example sentences for: foundered

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John must have taken offense--though at what I can't imagine--because our friendship foundered after that.
Past efforts have foundered, because the president did not support them; because the DCI, the secretary of defense, or both opposed them; and because some proposals lacked merit.
Coretta was a reliable liberal mascot, but she foundered as an executive.
It was being towed out of the harbor for scrap but broke loose from its ties and foundered on rocks here, never to be moved again.
All countries initially foundered.