Most often, quotation marks are used to show someone’s exact words. Sometimes, they also signal sarcasm or irony. In most cases, there is nothing especially unusual about this little punctuation mark.

Look, we won’t sugarcoat it—being a proper grown-up is way more difficult than we thought it would be. There are too many responsibilities, and your time and energy are far more limited than we’d like ...

The show jumping phase of the B&D Builders CCI4*-S division at The Event at TerraNova today kept everyone on their toes as both time and jump penalties kept shuffling the standings in a tightly placed ...