errand

Their spice cabinet becomes yours; their stove, your stove; their neighborhood grocery store, your little errand.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

Completing a simple errand turned into the worst day of their lives.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

But Kuzichkin was convinced that, as in Afghanistan, this was a fool’s errand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Ultimately, trying to clone Obama is likely to be a fool’s errand.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026

“First errand done. Please see that our new friend arrives at the Arcanum's Lower School without a hitch.”

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Although they handled messages and other errands, the partners hoped to provide a service that would remain UPS’s core business until the 1960s: delivering shoppers’ purchases for retailers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

It's what her Gen Z job candidates are doing, she said, warning it makes it look like the interview is "just a stop on your list of errands for the day".

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

But if Muse doesn’t become reliable at doing computer errands, one of its competitors probably will.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

Investigators found that Chavez-DeRemer repeatedly used federal employees for personal errands, including sending her personal aide and executive assistant to her home during the workday to organize her bedroom closet.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

Usually when she came home from running errands for Ensenada shopkeepers for a few centavos, she stopped to admire her flowers.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty