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HTML

<div><span>some text</span></div>
<div><span>some text that will overflow</span></div>
<div><span>some text that will overflow long long long</span></div>
<div><span>some text that will overflow long long long long long long long long long</span></div>

CSS

div {
    display: block;
    position: relative;
    left: 200px;
    width: 100px;
    text-align: center;
    white-space: nowrap;
    border: 1px solid black;
    background-color: silver;
}
div > span {
    margin: 0 -250px; /* some random number */
}