read is a line reading tool and the last value read in one iteration of the command is treated as the remainder of the line even if contains field separators. Fortunately you can change the line delimiter with the -d option:
Mike
PS. read is capable of escaping characters and you can turn this off with -r. As a general rule, you should always use -r unless you have a reason not to.
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