errand
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Ultimately, trying to clone Obama is likely to be a fool’s errand.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
Don’t tell me this is a fool’s errand, that there’s no path, that this doesn’t make any sense.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Without the prescribed navigation I was accustomed to in a museum, this became a fool’s errand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
There is a lot that is different about the mega-IPO, making definitive predictions a fool’s errand.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
“Who goes there?” demanded the sentry at the door, but seeing Robin and the friar, he allowed them to pass, thinking they were bent on some holy errand.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
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
If you’ve ever been running errands, gone to start your car, and nothing happens because the battery is dead, you know how important it is to have a set of cables to jump-start your vehicle.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
This is why friendship is often a product of something else: work, school, church, children, sports, errands, waiting rooms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
They often show him doing everyday activities such as "munchie runs" to supermarkets or shopping malls, visiting restaurants or running other errands.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
“We have errands to do, so if you’ll tell James and Sammy to bring Maybeth and wait for us by the boat, I have no objections.”
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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