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HTML

<ul id="results"></ul>

CSS

samp { background: #ccc; }

JavaScript

jQuery.each(
    "append prepend before after replaceWith".split(" "),
    function( i, method ) {
        var $container = jQuery( "<li>" + method + ": " +
            "<samp>[initial value]</samp>" +
        "</li>").appendTo("#results");
        
        $container.find("samp")[ method ]( "a", "<b>b</b>" );
    }
);