Breaking an overlong word

A word too wide for its column: left whole, or cut to the edge.

JSON write_flow_break.json 98 lines

This one is not a program. It is the request the document server is sent: the same page, asked for over the network by an application that writes no PDF code at all.

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      },
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        "Paid by bank transfer, reference GB29NWBK60161331926819-2026-07-DEPOSIT, to be matched against the purchase order before the accounts are closed."
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