errand
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Our family seldom undertakes a project without physical comedy, and my small errand of mercy was no exception.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 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
“It makes it a fool’s errand to be able to predict because it’s less about logic and more about negotiation tactics.”
From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026
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
So she’d actually begged her mother for an errand.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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
You can walk around and get a lot of errands done.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
Early the next morning, the sun started rising, automobiles started driving, robots started running errands.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
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