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errand

noun as in task

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However, when your destination is itinerant and camouflaged by galaxies of LED lights, finding a particular art car in the dark can be a fool’s errand.

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His job mostly involved getting coffee and running errands, but the experience was everything a celebrity seeker could ask for, he says.

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But they are on a fool’s errand: Crashes are an inevitable feature of not just the stock market but the crypto marketplace as well.

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“Then I thought: the whole show is about how hard this is — what if I ruin the interview with my errand because I don’t have my birth certificate or something?”

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Going to the gym, running errands or doing a food shop with a new baby?

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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