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+- Updated `EuiInMemoryTable` with a new `searchPlainText` prop. This boolean flag allows the built-in search bar to ignore EQL syntax and search for plain strings with special characters and symbols.
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+**Bug fixes**
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+- Fixed missing i18n in `EuiSearchBar`'s default placeholder and aria-label text