JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div><span>some text</span></div>
<div><span>some text that will overflow</span></div>

CSS

div {
    display: block;
    position: relative;
    left: 100px;
    height:1.5em;
    width: 100px;
    text-align: center;
    white-space: nowrap;
    border: 1px solid black;
    background-color: silver;
}
span{
    display:block;
    position:relative;
    left:50%;
    margin-left:-100%;
}