for big edits and refactors, i've been using rg.el: https://rgel.readthedocs.io/en/2.1.0/usage.html?highlight=ed... as such:

    (use-package rg
    :straight (rg :type git :host github :repo "dajva/rg.el")
    :config
    (rg-enable-menu)
    )

and for short stuff/searching around, etc, i bound consult-ripgrep to M-s r.