errand

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

“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

Away Gladys hurried, her slippers frantically clacking, delighted to be sent on such an important errand; then she was back, his leather briefcase cradled like the baby in her arms.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

Holliday spends her volunteer time socializing over coffee and the newspaper, helping residents run errands, leading fitness classes on Saturday mornings and organizing game nights.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 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

Wilber Urbina Garcia had an ambitious list of errands to run the day after his high school graduation, before his summer really began.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

His second eldest daughter, Kinsey, ran errands and helped with operations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

There was little choice, as Her Highness Rachel is above manual labor, and Ruth May beneath it so to speak, so Leah and I were considered by our mother, by default, disposed for her errands.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver