Google used to respect search operators, and dramatically tone down query optimization for queries that contained operators. As I've written elsewhere, I suspect learn-to-rank is to blame[0], by optimizing ranking for generic sloppy queries despite your query being very focused.
Re:How SEO Ruined the Internet
by fingerlocks on Tuesday April 07, 2020 @07:09AM
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If a match isn’t found with your verbatim query, then it falls back to something similar. At least that’s my experience.
Random string of text still matches exact in quotes: https://www.google.com/search?q=%E2%80%9CI%20really%20don%27...
And the worst thing is that this is all done to keep those ad dollars flowing. Look at how many companies always have a paid advert associated with their name when a search is made. They are paranoid about losing rank due to Google fiddling their algorithm or someone else doing a better SEO job using their brand.