wp_query on search results page showing all results every time

Don’t create a new WP_Query. As per the template hierarchy WordPress uses the search.php template in your theme for the search results page. This template just needs to contain The Loop, and the only posts inside that will be your search results.

See Twenty Seventeen’s search results template as an example: https://github.com/WordPress/twentyseventeen/blob/master/search.php

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