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HTML

<div class="outer">
  <div>
    <span>text</span>
    <span>more text</span>
  </div>
  
  <div>
    <img src="https://cdn.sstatic.net/Sites/stackoverflow/img/[email protected]?v=73d79a89bded">
  </div>
  
  <div>
     <span>this should determine width</span>
  </div>
</div>

CSS

.outer {
  display: inline-flex;
  flex-flow: column;
}

.outer span {
  display: flex;
}

div {
  border: 1px dotted black;
}