fool's errand
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In an era when documentaries are made for everything and nothing, it’s critical to remember that searching for reason in something as immense as the human condition is a fool’s errand.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
But Kuzichkin was convinced that, as in Afghanistan, this was a fool’s errand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
However, reinventing Beethoven at the Bowl, doing so following Dudamel and with little rehearsal time, could easily become a fool’s errand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Trying to assign an exact reason to Bitcoin’s collapse can be a fool’s errand, but one risk increasingly cited by short sellers is the rise of quantum computing, S3 said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
A rising sense that I was on a fool’s errand.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
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