A Pen by David.

index.html

<div>
  <span>
    <a class="menu-item">Home</a>
  </span>

  <span>
    <a class="menu-item">Contact</a>
  </span>
</div>

script.js

$(function(){ // make sure that you run the code when the page DOM elements are ready
  $('div > span .menu-item:contains("Home")').css('font-weight', 'bold');  
  // Optimisation: Instead of using "div" as the start, we should use something more specific like #id or .cssClassName to avoid going over every DIV of the page
});

style.css

/* this is just to make the test page look a bit nicer */
body {
  margin: 1em;
}

.menu-item {
  border: 1px solid blue;
  padding: .5em;
}

a { 
  text-decoration: underline;
}

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