errand
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My husband and I burst out laughing – not at that scene, or the clerk’s impromptu theatrics, but at this injection of delight into an otherwise mundane errand.
From Salon • May 2, 2026
Betting against Nvidia has also been a fool’s errand in the past three years.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
Trying to explain journalistic ethics to a lifelong criminal was probably a fool’s errand, but I still tried.
From Slate • Dec. 1, 2025
But they are on a fool’s errand: Crashes are an inevitable feature of not just the stock market but the crypto marketplace as well.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 15, 2025
Wishing Rekh the goldsmith would suddenly send him on an errand to the other side of Thebes, Ranofer turned his back on the man and reached for the oil jar.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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