[selllikesybok]

Depends on your browser, but for example, in Chrome, you can set your default search in chrome://settings/searchEngines for the omnibox search. Mine is:

https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&filter=0&num=100

You could easily add the verbatim parameter as well.

Nothing similar for safari?

[hrktb]

Not on iOS at least (chrome app and safari).

Sadly ddg doesn’g have a clear verbatim mode either, but it’s not as bad as google search yet.

[selllikesybok]

Ah - yeah, mobile search sucks, right now.

I mean, in some ways, it's great. I can get a song lyric or a football score or a movie ticket very easily.

But research? Forget it.