errand
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Treat the grocery store less like a checklist errand and more like a treasure hunt.
From Salon • May 22, 2026
“It makes it a fool’s errand to be able to predict because it’s less about logic and more about negotiation tactics.”
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
Predicting when a bubble is finally about to burst could be a fool’s errand.
From Barron's • Dec. 30, 2025
On a normal cruise out of Florida, finding a free chair with a view of the ocean can be a fool’s errand, unless you’re willing to get up at daybreak.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025
Then, in answer to Ion’s startled reproachful look, she told him that she had come on a secret errand to Delphi.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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