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<html><head><style>.siblings * { display: block; border: 2px solid lightgrey; color: lightgrey; padding: 5px; margin: 15px;}</style><script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.7.1/jquery.min.js"></script><script>$(document).ready(function(){ $("h2").prevAll(".first, .second, .third").css({"color": "red", "border": "2px solid red"});});</script></head><body><div style="width:500px;" class="siblings"> <h3 class="third">h3 class "third"</h3> <span>span</span> <span class="second">span class "second"</span> <span class="second">span also class "second"</span> <p>p</p> <p class="first">p class "first"</p> <p>p</p> <h3>h3</h3> <h2>h2</h2> <span>span</span> <p>p</p></div><p>In this example, we return all elements with class names "first", "second" and "third", that are previous siblings of the li element with class name "start".</p></body></html>