import re
pattern = re .compile ( r'\< content>(.+?)\< date>' , re .DOTALL |re .MULTILINE )
text = """<content>THIS is the place to stay at when visiting the historical area of Seattle.
Your right on the water front near the ferry's and great sea food hotel.
The breakfast was great.
<date>"""
results = [ x.replace ( "\n " , "" ) for x in pattern.findall ( text) ]
print ( results)
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