I post 3-4 articles a day so I know how unreliable the search function is. In order to increase my chances of finding out if my post is a duplicate I take words from the middle of the title because something as simple as an extra space or a period at the end of a sentence can give you a false impression that your article is unique. In spite of that I still get the occasional duplicate post.
In this case, however, putting in the complete title came up with a match. That makes it appear like you didn’t even bother to do a search for duplicates before posting. Did you?
I found the story in one form and searched on its full title. No match but I thought the person writing it did a poor job. I found this article but was by then running late so I typed a few key words and no match. Usually the right key words bring it up. Thanks for your input. I will search full title going forward.