I wouldn't know, I'm Welsh
I was afraid this answer would come

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In the rare instances I need to, yes.
Usually though the search results are sufficient though as the searched for words are highlighted along with a snippet so I can click on the results which seem most relevant.
Indeed, but the initial results screen (with an overview of the posts) only shows 1 result-line per post with 1 instance of the searched word displayed as
bold. On my platform users and staff often post extensive content and we use the search a lot. Just do a search for 'tangerine' here on XenForo and see if you can easily spot the word in that one
posting that comes up. Yes, you are able to see it clearly in the initial search-result yes,
but your eyes have to search for it regardless when you click on the posting itself. Now, imagine the posting consists of more results then just 1. Ofcourse, [Ctrl]-[F] is there to the rescue, but surely... the software itself needs to be able to do it? The
software should provides us with handy search benefits, instead of having us relying on manual [CRTL]-[F] tasks where we have to type the same word in all over again...