JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<a href='#'>Item 1</a>
 <a href='#'> Item 2 (foo)</a>
 <a href='#'> Item 3</a>

JavaScript

$('a:contains("(foo)")').text(function(_, currentText){
   return currentText.replace('(foo)', '');
})