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errand

[er-uhnd] / ˈɛr ənd /


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It’s a fool’s errand at this moment to guess where any of this turns out or which party ends up ahead in the remapping effort.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

My husband and I burst out laughing – not at that scene, or the clerk’s impromptu theatrics, but at this injection of delight into an otherwise mundane errand.

From Salon • May 2, 2026

According to history, betting against Microsoft’s stock over the longer term has been a fool’s errand.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026

Predicting when a bubble is finally about to burst could be a fool’s errand.

From Barron's • Dec. 30, 2025

Wishing Rekh the goldsmith would suddenly send him on an errand to the other side of Thebes, Ranofer turned his back on the man and reached for the oil jar.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw




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