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What does foundered mean?

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  1. simple past tense and past participle of founder
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Negotiations, already a year behind schedule, have foundered on divisions between rich and poor nations.
The cartoons are the work of Ub Iwerks, a Disney-stable animator who struck out on his own, foundered, and sank.
The South Island was formed, they say, when a canoe full of 150 gods foundered on a reef.
The vessel foundered at around 3pm but, unusually, the plane failed to conduct the scheduled afternoon flight.
The Sydney, with superior speed and firepower, raked the German ship, which limped to North Keeling where she foundered on the reef.
But before long the boat foundered on a sand-bank and all we could do was wait for the tide.

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