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<style>
.rtl {
direction: rtl;
}
.plaintext {
unicode-bidi: -webkit-plaintext;
unicode-bidi: plaintext;
}
.border {
border: solid thin gray;
}
</style>
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<td class="border">1 <span class="plaintext rtl">א!</span> 2</td>
<td>should look the same as</td>
<td class="border">1 <span dir="rtl">א!</span>‎ 2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="border">1 <span class="plaintext rtl">a!<br/>א!</span> 2</td>
<td>should look the same as</td>
<td class="border">1 a!<br><span dir="rtl">א!</span>‎ 2</td>
</tr>
</table>
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