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<style>
    span { display:inline-block; width:1em; }
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<p>Test removal of some of the column content that follows a spanner.</p>
<p>There should be three lines below with the word "PASS". Letter spacing is expected to vary</p>
PASS<br>
<span>P</span><span>A</span><span>S</span><span>S</span><br>
<span>P</span><span>A</span><span>S</span><span>S</span><br>