When doing a conversation search, if the search term includes any regular
expression characters and the search returns results, then this function would
throw an exception.
For example, if a conversation includes the text "+15555550111" and you search
for "+15555550111" then you get an exception like:
> Invalid regular expression: /(+15555550111)/: Nothing to repeat
Because the "+" is not escaped.
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