wild-goose chase

Example Sentences

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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

The idea is to avoid sending patients on a wild-goose chase, since many pharmacies received only 20 Paxlovid treatment courses.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 6, 2022

There Francis would see it and set off on another wild-goose chase.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson