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<?php
$searchVal = 'Additional and coverages - grey otto unavailable options andy and on some';
$a_words_to_exclude = array('and','a','or','for','at','an', 'the', 'in', 'of','etc','is','to','-','if','do','on');
$needle = join('|',$a_words_to_exclude);
$searchVal = preg_replace("/\b($needle)\b/i","",$searchVal,-1);
//I have also tried:
//$searchVal = preg_replace("/($needle)/i","",$searchVal,-1);
?>'Additional coverages grey otto unavailable options andy some'