Bing taking over search, with no indication that it will

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Hi everyone,

Since a week ago i am having an issue with the search function of Opera.
I just always search for things in the url bar, which also indicates when i type something that it's going to search on Google Search. However when i press enter it's on google for a split second and then redirects to Bing search engine.

I am aware that there a default search engines with keywords in the setting but i have no clue how to use these.
The default is on google, and i never ever had any other search engine take over a search before except for Bing.

Frustratingly i've read over and over that you can't remove Bing from Opera because of some reason (involving money I guess. That's just my assumption because no one ever elaborates on why it can't be removed.)

So does anyone have a clue as to how i can stop Bing from taking over my searches? If i try to search for this problem on Google (or Bing) all the solutions are Malware based but that's not the case here.

How do i use those keywords? How can i never ever have to look at that god forsaken copycat search engine?

Any help would be much appreciated!

Here's an example:
https://gifyu.com/image/BgeZ

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I should note that this doesn't happen all the time, i'd say like 30% of the searches they convert into a Bing search.
And apologies for the frustrated tone in the main post, if i could edit it i would.

Thanks y'all.