But after a fast start in the House, the effort floundered in the Senate.

They say the effort floundered in the Arab world.

A8 American efforts to foster a Balkan settlement are floundering.

Samsung bought AST (1994) and tried to break into North America, but the effort floundered.

Those efforts floundered for various reasons, including politics, personalities, distracting issues and practical hurdles like state regulations and union jurisdiction.

International efforts to control such proliferation have too often floundered in the absence of true commitment by the participating governments.

Yet throughout this decade, the F.A.A.'s efforts to draft new rules have floundered.

His efforts to improve the health system, he conceded, have floundered.

All Cosimo's efforts to salvage the plan floundered, and in 1737, upon his younger son's death, Tuscany passed to the House of Lorraine.

Recent efforts at establishing federal standards for Internet privacy have floundered because of industry opposition and the Clinton administration's preference for self-regulation.