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Years of trying to lure outside capital and know-how, however, foundered.

Before Deepwater Horizon foundered there had not been a big leak from an offshore oil well for 40 years.

Much of the animal-intelligence research of that era ultimately foundered before an onslaught of skeptics.

Witnesses say the boat foundered in heavy seas as passengers stampeded to board inflatable life rafts.

The UN says the ship foundered off the coast of Libya late last week, but the witness accounts are only emerging now.

Negotiations over the federal constitution almost foundered on the subject of the Murray-Darling.

Sadly, an attempt to reform the legal profession this week foundered on the self-interest of lawyers in the Italian parliament.

It eventually foundered due to widely differing expectations of the two parties, then Microsoft and American Express Travel Services.

The boat foundered on rocks near the harbour.

Its fragile efforts to revive foundered when payment disputes with suppliers halted production and its CEO abruptly resigned.

The Democrats' dream that the country was on the verge of a 1960s-style liberal renaissance foundered in the mid-terms.

It foundered during the turmoils accompanying the Great Migrations.

The former's bid for America to unilaterally impose its will on the rest of the world has foundered on military and diplomatic realities.

But several attempts at tax reform over the past decade have foundered in the face of entrenched political resistance.

Parallels between the Titanic and the banks and companies that foundered in the financial and economic crisis are numerous.

Most attempts at addressing these questions have foundered because such information is not available.

A carbon-trading scheme, which was supposed to be a pioneering showcase, has so far foundered.

The talks foundered, in part because South Korean officials had told the Korean public for weeks they would make no compromises.

In Poland Shaikh's mental state worsened after a relationship with a new girlfriend foundered.

if this one foundered , weeks and possibly months would accrue before another major drive could be initiated.

This article is reference value in further research of the underground structures foundered on soft soil.

Econometric studies of saving behavior have foundered on both conceptual and practical difficulties.

Previous negotiations foundered on European objections to America's limits on foreign ownership of airlines.

Asian mills acquire the bulk of their iron ore from the Australian duo and Vale, and efforts to diversify have mostly foundered.

Dark energy's true nature remains a mystery. Theoretical attempts to account for its observed properties have foundered.

Without their assistance the arrangement would have foundered pretty quickly.

Proposals to detain without charge people suspected of terrorism for up to 42 days foundered in the House of Lords in 2008.

The six-day round of talks that produced the agreement almost foundered over North Korean demands for bigger pledges of aid.

The collision foundered the ship.

The ship, the biggest in the world at the time, foundered in frigid Atlantic waters off Newfoundland on April 15, 1912.

In the past, complaints against the police have often foundered because of a lack of evidence.

That effort foundered when Irish banks passed the test, only to require tens of billions of euros in new bailout money just months later.

Arbitrage strategies that took market liquidity for granted also foundered.

It was on his rock, and not on differences of principle that my wishes finally foundered.

Past attempts to offer infrastructure finance in return for oil blocks have foundered.

Mr. Chen had also hoped to establish such flights, but talks foundered because of China's objections to his pro-independence moves.

When his company foundered in the early 1990s, he was appointed head of restructuring.

The project foundered as a result of lack of finance.

The ship struck a reef and foundered.

Attempts at molding a bipartisan bill foundered after Republicans insisted that a new consumer-protection agency should have few powers.

The ship foundered in the heavy seas.

But Mr. Sarkozy's desire for symbolism foundered on Ms. Merkel's practical objections.

The plan foundered as a result of lack of finance.

The committee has recommended ways for Goldman to regain its former high reputation, which foundered in the 2008 crisis along with others.

The ship foundered in the south Atlantic 13, 000 miles from the cape. There're four in the crew.

Previous attempts to arrange naval exchanges have foundered because of simmering Sino- Japanese disputes over historical issues.

The Earharts' marriage finally foundered, Amelia's lung trouble recurred, and she sold her plane.

The Baltic Dry Index, a measure of shipping rates for bulk goods, has foundered.

The project foundered after problems with funding.

Yet negotiations over new gas contracts have foundered.

SINCE Labour came to power in 1997 proclaiming education its priority, one grand policy after another has foundered.

But talks over further reductions have foundered.

In 1985, however, he resigned after losing a power struggle and while he was away, Apple foundered.

Two had almost gone under in the 1990s, when several state-owned banks foundered and others were taken over.

The truck lurched forward ten yards, then foundered.

The peace talks foundered on a basic lack of trust.

In 2008 discussions about a $90 billion merger proposed by Brazil's Vale foundered over price.

These efforts foundered largely because of problems over pricing and financing of asset transfers.

The mare foundered under the heavy load and collapsed in the road.

And our men cry'd out, that a ship which rid about a mile ahead of us was foundered.

a marriage that soon foundered.

The liner foundered in heavy seas.

But similar deals have foundered in the past.

The RMS Titantic foundered, bow first, on April 15, 1912.

One early Democratic attempt to restore the Fairness Doctrine foundered after a Reagan veto;

Machine tool order intake also foundered in all of the other countries where Germany's major competitors are located;

To ensure that seafarers are compensated when a ship is lost or has foundered

The develop of watch and auto-alarming system for house foundered

From a dry, foundered boat