Determine if a range contains a test string

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Cell A1 has a text string in it.

the range B1:B10 contains text strings and blank cells


What formula in C1 would return TRUE if any one of the cells in B1:B10 matched the text string in A1 and return FALSE if it did not?

Thanks!
 

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Cell A1 has a text string in it.

the range B1:B10 contains text strings and blank cells


What formula in C1 would return TRUE if any one of the cells in B1:B10 matched the text string in A1 and return FALSE if it did not?

Thanks!
Another one...

=COUNTIF(B1:B10,A1)>0
 
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