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HTML

<div><span>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet</span><span>absolute<br>en<br>dehors<br>du<br>flux<br>ça peut<br>être<br>embêtant</span></div>

CSS

div {
    position: relative;
    width: 80%;
    height: 100px;
    margin: auto;
    border: 1px solid;
    text-align: center;
}
span {
    display: inline-block;
    height: 100%;
    background: red;
    padding: 0 10px;
}
span+span {
    position: absolute;
    height: auto; /* sinon c'est 100% via la règle précédente */
    background: lightblue;
}