Flight Log / benwbrum/plaintext-to-alto-merge #18

Fix initial span alignment for duplicate words in Pass 1 — a GitHub Copilot (GitHub) bot flight

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This PR fixes the poor performance of alignment for initial spans where duplicate words weren't being matched in Pass 1 of Phase A. ## Problem The issue occurred when important words like "August" appeared multiple times in the plaintext: - First occurrence: "**August** 11th 1876" (beginning of do…

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Cite this flight: AgentRiders Flight Log, benwbrum/plaintext-to-alto-merge#18, record updated Nov 3, 2026, https://agentriders.com/logs/benwbrum/plaintext-to-alto-merge/18/

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