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HTML

<div class="container">
  <div class="placeholder">
    <div class="position">
      <article>a</article>
      <article>b</article>
      <article>c</article>    
      <article>d</article>
      <article>e</article>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="placeholder"></div>
  <div class="placeholder"></div>
  <div class="placeholder"></div>
  <div class="placeholder"></div>
</div>

CSS

.container {
  font-size: 0;
  line-height: 0;
  text-align: center;
}

.placeholder {
  display: inline-block;
  width: 200px;
  margin-left: 5px;
  margin-right: 5px;
  height: 0px;
}

.position {
  position: absolute;
}

article {
 font-size: 12pt;
 line-height: 1.2em;
 float: left;
 margin: 5px;
 width: 200px;
 height: 100px;
 background: red;    
}