Hovering over Apple Mail link displays entire Url, blocking much of the rest of the text

When hovering over the preview window in emails the cursor displays the underlying URL, which hides the email content and is frustrating. Is there a way to stop the URL displaying on OS Monterey?

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 13.4

Posted on Aug 20, 2023 8:03 AM

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ku4hx

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Aug 29, 2023 12:48 PM in response to Mike Hitt

Why are you hovering? The only time I do that is to copy the address. If I want to read the email, why would I leave the pointer over the url?

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