wild-goose chase
Example Sentences
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"It led to a wild goose chase of trying to figure out where this contamination could possibly have come from, because we just knew this number was far too high to be correct," Clough said.
From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026
Jason Fagone: So, the Shakespeare project turned out to be a wild goose chase, right?
From Scientific American • Oct. 12, 2023
Murray Foote, who quit in March amid a row over membership figures, speculated the probe could be "wild goose chase" and branded it a "grotesque spectacle".
From BBC • May 4, 2023
Spoiler alert: Near the end of their book, Chan and Ridley acknowledge that they have conducted a wild goose chase.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2021
“I just hope this isn’t a wild goose chase, you know?”
From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone
