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%% Example 3-1-4 on page I-126 in "nolbreaks --- Preventing line breaks in text fragments".
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\documentclass{tlc3exa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{129.0pt}

%StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{nolbreaks} \sloppy
%StopShownPreambleCommands

\begin{document}
However, to keep several \nolbreaks*{words together,}
it is not a good idea to place them together
with the spaces between them into \nolbreaks{a box};
use \verb=\nolbreaks= instead.
\end{document}