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errand

[er-uhnd] / ˈɛr ənd /


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Their spice cabinet becomes yours; their stove, your stove; their neighborhood grocery store, your little errand.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 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

Anhor The Great had so many pass breakups that counting would’ve been a fool’s errand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

“I walked up and around the property. There’s no one there. All of the windows are still intact, and the front door is latched. It’s like they left on an errand and never came back.”

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

As I used the car to run errands, my initial joyful response gave way to self-consciousness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

But if Muse doesn’t become reliable at doing computer errands, one of its competitors probably will.

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

She’d often told me she couldn’t manage without me to run errands up and down the steep stairs.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom


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