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you have an example of this? using quotes is not the same as going to advanced search and saying use exact word or phrase. silly, yes I know.

Quotes is different than verbatim mode. Compare:

[verbatim mode] https://www.google.com/search?q=unexpected+newline+in+compos...

[quotes] https://www.google.com/search?q=%22unexpected+newline+in+com...

The top two results are the same, but besides that verbatim mode seems way better to me.

I don't even bother with quotes anymore. When I'm searching for something technical from the normal interface, I'm almost always going to Tools -> All results dropdown -> Verbatim.