errand
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The pair then finished the errand they initially set out to do and picked up Debotte's jabs from the salon in Lymm.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
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
Ultimately, trying to clone Obama is likely to be a fool’s errand.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
David has one errand of conscience before he goes to the clinic—he apologizes to a friend he once betrayed—but otherwise approaches death with the formality of a man keeping a schedule.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Paul Jennings spent his earliest years doing small chores—“a boy under his mother’s feet in the big house enlisted as errand runner.”
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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Now, you download an app, open a chat window and start directing your agent to run digital errands, day or night, right on your phone or laptop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 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
Kandace Redd, a AAA spokesperson, said the organization’s past research shows that consumers are most likely to drive less, combine errands and reduce shopping or dining out to cope with record pump prices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Doha was tasked with running errands and bringing water and food to the patients on the second floor.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
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