JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://jqueryui.com/themes/base/jquery.ui.all.css">
<div class="test_data">
    <span>sample 1</span>
    <span>sample 1</span>
    <span>sample 3</span>
    <span>sample 1</span>
    <span>sample 2</span>
</div>

CSS

.someDates a{
    color: red !important;
}

JavaScript

$(function() {
    $('.test_data span:contains(sample 1)').html('sample');
});