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<p><b>Example of a string with lots of empty lines:</b></p>
<p>line1<br>
line2 directly under line1</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>line3</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>line4</p>
<p> </p>
<p><b>This should become:</b></p>
<p>Line1<br>
line2 directly under line1</p>
<br>
<p>Line3</p>
<br>
<p>Line4</p>
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