wild-goose chase
Example Sentences
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After something like a wild-goose chase, the grounds crew wrapped the big bird in a towel, placed it into a plastic recycling bin and retreated back into the Dodgers dugout.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2022
This time, the judges not only threw out Mr Odinga's case, but they chastised his legal team, saying the court had been sent on "a wild-goose chase".
From BBC • Sep. 5, 2022
It has also led to a wild-goose chase.
From Washington Post • Feb. 1, 2022
After exhausting almost all the public footpaths, I had a sinking suspicion I was on a wild-goose chase.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2016
He thought Rindlisbacher’s focus on the issue was “interesting,” a word that almost seems to suggest that it was a bit of a wild-goose chase.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
