Copy from PDF, Paste in Word or This Site - Some Text Duplicated

When I copy a block of text from a PDF and paste it into Word 2013 (or even into this question), some of the text is duplicated. Since this post shows the issue happens here (as well as my experienced in Word), I don't think the issue is the destination software. Thanks for any help or workaround (like a way to clear the clipboard perhaps)?
Below is a paste I just did into this question:
Google adopts an intermediary role and saves your card details on initial setup. Google adopts an intermediary role and saves your card details on their servers. They then issue a virtual card to your device
Below is the text as it appears in the PDF:
initial setup. Google adopts an intermediary role and saves your card details
on their servers. They then issue a virtual card to your device

Thanks for creating the test file, pwillener. I downloaded it, copied the text and pasted it into Word with no problem.
Looks like it it the source file.
Have you ever heard of a pdf file that shows text fine, but when you copy/paste it (say into Word for test consistency), the pasted text is partially duplicated as in my example? Are there any secret commands to show the pdf file contents (say in ASCII code, but without Adobe proprietary wrappings)? This seems to happen on pdf's created from printing a webpage from Google Chrome browser?
In any case looks like the bread crumbs lead to the Chrome path, next.
Thanks again.

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