JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div id="foo">Hello — World</div>
JavaScript
var element = document.getElementById("foo");
element.innerHTML = element.innerHTML.replace('\u2014', '&');
<div id="foo">Hello — World</div>
var element = document.getElementById("foo");
element.innerHTML = element.innerHTML.replace('\u2014', '&');