wild-goose chase
Example Sentences
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At least the Victorians were just sending their friends on a wild-goose chase to be funny, and not actively poisoning them.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2023
After something like a wild-goose chase, the grounds crew wrapped the big bird in a towel, placed it into a plastic recycling bin and retreated back into the Dodgers dugout.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2022
This time, the judges not only threw out Mr Odinga's case, but they chastised his legal team, saying the court had been sent on "a wild-goose chase".
From BBC • Sep. 5, 2022
It has also led to a wild-goose chase.
From Washington Post • Feb. 1, 2022
He was up to his old pranks, sending a group of frostbitten horsemen on a wild-goose chase all over Boston in search of nonexistent “bull’s wool” socks.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
