errand

Without the prescribed navigation I was accustomed to in a museum, this became a fool’s errand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

Attempting to adjust your gold exposure in response to external factors is most likely a fool’s errand.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 8, 2026

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

"My groundskeeper has an errand to run back in the village," said the headmistress.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

“They think they’ll always be able to haul the trash to the curb,” she said, or that they can manage their investments and drive around town to run errands.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026

They often show him doing everyday activities such as "munchie runs" to supermarkets or shopping malls, visiting restaurants or running other errands.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

Wilber Urbina Garcia had an ambitious list of errands to run the day after his high school graduation, before his summer really began.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

It’s a dreaded task when I’m already caught up running other errands — or simply procrastinating.

From Salon ● May 30, 2026

She’d spent a lot of time with Reg and his family, running errands when they couldn’t, sticking by Reg’s side otherwise.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro