JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div class="wrapper">
  
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      dolor</div>
    <div class="section right">2</div>
    <div class="section left">3</div>
    <div class="section right">4</div>
  </div>

CSS

.wrapper {
  width: 400px;
}
.section {
  width: 50%;
    min-height:200px;
}
.left {
  float: left;
  clear: left;
  background-color: #E26A6A;
}
.right {
  float: right;
  clear: right;
  background-color: #DCC6E0;
}