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HTML

<div id="testing" contenteditable="true">
  <span class="lead" contenteditable="false">Something something</span>&#8203;
</div>

CSS

#testing {
    padding: 5px;
	width: 90%;
	-moz-box-sizing: border-box;
	-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
	box-sizing: border-box;
	font-size: 13px;
	color: #3B3B3B;
	margin: 0px;
	resize: none;
	overflow: hidden;
	background-color: #FAFAFA;
	line-height: 15px;
	min-height: 42px;
	max-height: 160px;
	outline: none;
}
.lead {
    background: #ccd;
    padding: 1px 5px 1px 5px;
    font-size: 12px;
    margin-right: 4px;
}