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Some questions about search [closed]

I want to search questions answered by me and some another user. How can I do this? I don't see an "and" operator. Is there a way to search through comments (answers under which there is ...
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Is it possible to search comments like we can search chat messages? [duplicate]

In chat.stackexchange.com we can search all chat messages filtered by keywords, user id, and room id. The search result has unique URL to a chat message. Given that there is also a unique URL for a ...
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Search comments by commentator's user-id [duplicate]

Often I find comments showing the commentator is quite knowledgeable and able to express concepts in a poignant way, and I would like to discover more comments by such a user (in a similar way one ...
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Is there a way to search content I've touched?

I believe I've finally discovered the answer to the question was ... 42 ... or something like that. The only problem is that, many months after the question was asked, I now need to find the question....
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How to search comments for an exact quote? [duplicate]

I have tried searching for a statement (a quote) that is made in a comment, with zero results. For example, if I search for comment "news in 1983", which is an exact quote for my own ...
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Is there a way to search comments? [duplicate]

The search on the top of the page searches questions and answers . Is there a way to search comments too ?
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View questions by comments

I can see my comments by clicking activity -> comments. However, I never have only one comment per question. If I have commented a lot on a question looking over all questions that I have seen becomes ...
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How can I search for a question that I commented on? [duplicate]

If I deleted my browser's history, is there any way to find a question that I commented on?
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My opened question was deleted, there was a link to another question I commented in. How can I find that question?

I already found that I can't find the question by my searching for my comment I made in it. Maybe proceeding the other route, namely my deleted question? That wouldn't be easy, either. Any way to ...
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How can I search my comments using some keyword(s)?

Here's my problem: I know I've posted something on Stack Overflow about a particular topic. I know how to search all my answers with a given keyword, and that feature works well. But, if I don't ...
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How do I find a comment?

There's a question I wrote a comment on, but didn't provide an answer to. I've forgotten the title on the question. How can I locate it? If I had provided an answer, it would appear in my history, ...
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Is there a way to find the comments that I have made on SO?

I was requested to reply from within a comment sequence, and now that I have the reply, I can't remember which question/answer the comment was under. Is there any hope for finding it?
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Finding my own comments on questions and answers

I don't know how to find the questions I've commented on. Is there a search trick or some page that lists the comments I've posted?
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Why can't we search on comments?

I know that we are not able to search in comments, but why? Is this a technical problem? Is this only a lack of funcionality of the software?
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How can I search for specific comments?

Sometimes I can best remember a question by its comments. How can I search for a question that way? Downloading the data dump is not viable because it may be a question posted today.
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