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twitter search

tweets with both "twitter" and "search". This is the default operator

"happy hour "

tweets with the exact phrase "happy hour"

obama OR hillary

tweets with either "obama" or "hillary" (or both)

beer -root

tweets with "beer" but not "root"

#haiku

tweets with the hashtag "haiku"

from:alexiskold

tweets sent from person "alexiskold"

to:techcrunch

tweets sent to person "techcrunch"

@mashable

tweets referencing person "mashable"

"happy hour" near:"san francisco"

tweets with the exact phrase "happy hour" and sent near "san francisco"

near:NYC within:15mi

sent within 15 miles of "NYC"

superhero since:2008-05-01

tweets with "superhero" and sent since date "2008-05-01" (year-month-day)

ftw until:2008-05-03

tweets with "ftw" and sent up to date "2008-05-03"

movie -scary :)

tweets with "movie", but not "scary", and with a positive attitude

flight :(

tweets with "flight" and with a negative attitude

traffic ?

tweets with "traffic" and asking a question

hilarious filter:links

tweets with "hilarious" and linking to URLs