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By Marziah Karch, About.com

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Either OR

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Either of those terms could be used, so how about searching for both of them at once? To find results that include either one term or another, type uppercase OR between the two terms you want to find, so type in '"dude ranch" OR "guest ranch."' That's still a lot of results, but we'll narrow it down further and find one within driving distance.

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