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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the Document</title>
    <style>
      #text {
        cursor: pointer;
        cursor: pointer;
        width: 40px;
        height: 40px;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <p id='text'>Drag the text</p>
    <script>
      let currentDroppable = null;
      text.onmousedown = function(event) {
        let shiftX = event.clientX - text.getBoundingClientRect()
          .left;
        let shiftY = event.clientY - text.getBoundingClientRect()
          .top;
        text.style.position = 'absolute';
        text.style.zIndex = 1000;
        document.body.append(text);
        moveAt(event.pageX, event.pageY);

function moveAt(pageX, pageY) {
          text.style.left = pageX - shiftX + 'px';
          text.style.top = pageY - shiftY + 'px';
        }
        function onMouseMove(event) {
          moveAt(event.pageX, event.pageY);
          text.hidden = true;
          let elemBelow = document.elementFromPoint(event.clientX, event.clientY);
          text.hidden = false;
          if(!elemBelow) return;
          let droppableBelow = elemBelow.closest('.droppable');
          if(currentDroppable != droppableBelow) {
            if(currentDroppable) { // null when we were not over a droppable before this event
              leaveDroppable(currentDroppable);
            }
            currentDroppable = droppableBelow;
            if(currentDroppable) { // null if we're not coming over a droppable now
              // (maybe just left the droppable)
              enterDroppable(currentDroppable);
            }
          }
        }
        document.addEventListener('mousemove', onMouseMove);
        text.onmouseup = function() {
          document.removeEventListener('mousemove', onMouseMove);
          text.onmouseup = null;
        };
      };
      function enterDroppable(elem) {
        elem.style.background = 'pink';
      }
      function leaveDroppable(elem) {
        elem.style.background = '';
      }
      text.ondragstart = function() {
        return false;
      };
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

Result: