> The "!" is escaped with the backslash (\) and then the use of {3,} means "3 of the previous character", so:
Sorry, {3,} means "3 or MORE of the previous character"… if you only want to match 3 characters, you need to use {3,3}:
\!{3,3}
Ken Ray
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