title: Regex? Match part of or whole word
body: <p>I was wondering if it's possible to use regex with python to capture a word, or a part of the word (if it's at the end of the string).</p>
  
  <p>Eg:<br>
  target word - potato<br>
  string - "this is a sentence about a <strong>potato</strong>"<br>
  string - "this is a sentence about a <strong>potat</strong>"<br>
  string - "this is another sentence about a <strong>pota</strong>"</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>