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\ExplSyntaxOn\sys_ensure_backend:\pdf_uncompress:\ExplSyntaxOff

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}
\pdfinterwordspaceon
$ a b \mathbf{u} $ $ a\mathbf{u} $ $ a\mathbf{b} $

\end{document}

% When I compile this the first equation is correct. But the second is
% missing the bold u, and the third uses an mathitalic b instead of a
% bold b.
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