in reply to Re^2: regex for negating a sequence
in thread regex for negating a sequence

Another alternative: 
/\x26\x67(?!.{0,6}\x26\x67).{8}/s

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I've interpreted "does not appear" differently than you when the eighth char is the \x26 of a \x26\x67 sequence.

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