It's the nature of founderings that ships have buoyancy and are afloat one second, then lose buoyancy and sink the next.
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Foundering
Synonyms for "foundering" (46 found)
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Noun(11 words)
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18 entriesboat founderingcapsizingfoundering companyfoundering economyfoundering hullfoundering marketfoundering policyfoundering projectfoundering shipfoundering vesselfounding initiativenegotiations founderingorganizational collapseproject failureproject founderingship foundering
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9 entriesfoundering companyfoundering economyfoundering marketfoundering negotiationsfoundering portfoliofoundering projectfoundering shipfoundering venturefoundering vessel
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