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For sure. I was muzzy from waking up and wasn't sure if it was 'in force', en-force, or en force. Pretty sure it is French en force which probably translates directly to in force, but I can't seem to coerce Google search to acknowledge that the phrase exists outside of a band name. If I put it on quotes, the auto summary seems to pick up on it, but still no results. In fact, search seems to be ignoring the quotes completely.
Google search has been ignoring quotes and verbatim for several years. It also seems to try to interpret what you typed, then search for that interpretation. If you want something that's slightly obscure, but similar sounding to something popular, you have no chance of ever finding it with Google. I've had to switch search engines to start finding things again.
15+ years ago I used to be able to find anything I wanted using Google search with 3 or fewer words. I miss those days.
Ask us how they screwed up the AND operator.
The AND operator sucked anyway.
Nay nay - the and (+) operator worked perfectly for searching for [search term] and only showing results that included [AND other search term].
If it didn't have the other search term it wouldn't appear. Brilliant.
Until . . .
*scary music*
sorry perhaps I misunderstood… I’m thinking of older systems which actually used the AND keyword, as opposed to Google which used + to mean “this word must appear in the search results”.
Back in the day, you could also type 'AND' and Google would interpret it the same as it later did the plus symbol.
Indeed… AND it sucked!
Are you maybe thinking of "en masse" instead? I've seen "in force" in English but I can't find the phrase "en force" in any English dictionary, and the wiktionary page only lists it under French.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/en_masse
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/en_force
Maybe I was, but I feel like I have seen it before.
You were Muzzy?
I'd recommend Wiktionary.
I've a Kagi bang set up specifically for Wiktionary.
I love Wiktionary, but get lazy and will just plop a word into search.
CTRL+W opens a new Wiktionary tab on my laptop
lol close tab
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My shortcut is Alt+F4