errand
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“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
Predicting when a bubble is finally about to burst could be a fool’s errand.
From Barron's • Dec. 30, 2025
Instead of calling a friend, colleague or family member every time I went out for a walk or an errand, I fired up the ChatGPT app.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025
Three years later, while on an errand in Alexandria, Billy fell once more, this time breaking his other knee.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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