Yes, this. 50% of the time or more I need to flip to the burger "advanced" menu and add the "Verbatim" constraint.

Apparently Google search has been optimized for the lowest common denominator of an idiot.

Truly shameful. If anything, it's the idiots who should be forced to use the UX of lesser idiots like myself. Let them select the "Hazy" constraint from the advanced menu.

If DDG (or any alternative not incentivized to serve dimwits) would do this by default, I'd switch in a heartbeat and never look back.