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
Alex, who is deaf and a wheelchair user, told the BBC buying accessible tickets "can often be a wild goose chase".
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2023
It’s only unclear because Radan has deliberately hidden it from us, and then set off on a wild goose chase in a different direction.
From Salon • Dec. 16, 2023
Jason Fagone: So, the Shakespeare project turned out to be a wild goose chase, right?
From Scientific American • Oct. 12, 2023
Mudd then attempted to send the manhunters on a wild goose chase, claiming the strangers asked for directions to a farm to the west.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
