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HTML

<div class="absolute-pos inline-block">
  <li>
      <div>
      <span>
          some really really loooonnnnggg teeeeeexxxxttttt hheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrreeeee
      </span>
      </div>
  </li>
</div>

CSS

.absolute-pos {
  position: absolute;
}
.inline-block {
  display: inline-block;
}