this is \<strong>some strong\</strong> text

[\<strong>](http://localhost/)text\</strong>

text \\<strong>with double\\</strong> escapes

how about text \\\<strong>with triple\\\</strong> escapes

escaped auto-link \<https://www.example.com>
not quite escaped auto link \\<https://www.example.com>
escaped auto-link \\\<https://www.example.com>

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