flounder

They are floundering, desperately looking for an answer to their dilemma.
Ils pataugent désespérément cherchant une réponse à leur problème.
Now they are floundering.
Maintenant ils pataugent.
- (FR) With the Deprez reports on Europol, we are floundering in complete incoherence.
Avec les rapports Deprez sur Europol, nous nageons en pleine incohérence.
The corrupt are floundering as time is running out for them.
Les corrompus se débattent car le temps leur manque.
The plans of the Cabal are being blocked: they are floundering on the rocks, unable to regain control.
Les plans de la Cabale sont bloqués : ils tournent en rond, incapables de reprendre le contrôle.
Yet the integrated coastal zone initiatives already in existence are floundering, due mainly to lack of financial support.
Pourtant, les initiatives d' aménagement intégré des zones côtières déjà existantes sont chancelantes, principalement en raison du manque de soutien financier.
The rich countries are virtually at a standstill while the developing countries are floundering in their problems, their poverty, their lack of resources.
Les pays riches piétinent, les pays en voie de développement s'enfoncent dans leurs difficultés, dans leur pauvreté, leur manque de ressources.
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