Perhaps you should try some spelling variations:
xgreat britain » great brittain, great britains, great britiain
zgreat britain » great brittain, great britains, great britiain
les colonies » des colonies, her colonies, _ colonies
p colonies » _ colonies, her colonies, des colonies

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• If you are trying to use Boolean operators, they must be ALL CAPS: %((xgreat britain) OR (((zgreat britain) OR (great britain)))) %((p colonies) OR (les colonies))%22.
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