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by chicob 1415 days ago
No it doesn't.

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2 comments
JoshuaEddy 1415 days ago
I think what trying to exclude the .br TLD. Have you tried the "site:" syntax which can include or exclude domains. Loke this:

teste de lingua portuguesa -site:.br

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chicob 1414 days ago
I often do it this way because it used worked in the past, and it works in other search engines.
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TristanDaCunha 1415 days ago
Well this is a more complex case which includes combining negation with quotation and punctuation marks. I'll bet those factors explain why it didn't work.
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chicob 1415 days ago
Searching for 'Edgar Allen Poe -"The Raven"' does work as intended.

The search I printed was trying to omit some addresses (and I now realize quotes are not necessary and do not help for this specific case), but it did find a result with the term I was trying to avoid as a string.

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chicob 1415 days ago
I'm not an expert, but isn't this as simple as "omitting results that have whatever is found inside the quotes"?
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