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
Completing a simple errand turned into the worst day of their lives.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Ultimately, trying to clone Obama is likely to be a fool’s errand.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 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
Templeton had quit work and gone off somewhere on an errand.
From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White
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
People have been using text messages and other mobile interfaces to have A.I. models run internet errands for them for a while.
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
She accompanied Martha Washington on daily errands in New York, a rapidly growing city that was bustling with shops importing the latest in European fashions and fabrics.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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