\ba Unicode word boundary
inthe literal text in (case sensitive) \s*a Unicode whitespace character, repeated any number of times
/the literal / (4710 / 578 / 2F16)
\s*a Unicode whitespace character, repeated any number of times
\S+any character that is not Unicode whitespace, repeated at least once
g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first
m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string