diff --git a/cpp/doxygen/regex.md b/cpp/doxygen/regex.md
index 8d206f245dc..6d1c91a5752 100644
--- a/cpp/doxygen/regex.md
+++ b/cpp/doxygen/regex.md
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ The details are based on features documented at https://www.regular-expressions.
 
 **Note:** The alternation character is the pipe character `|` and not the character included in the tables on this page. There is an issue including the pipe character inside the table markdown that is rendered by doxygen.
 
+By default, only the `\n` character is recognized as a line break. The [cudf::strings::regex_flags::EXT_NEWLINE](@ref cudf::strings::regex_flags) increases the set of line break characters to include:
+- Paragraph separator (Unicode: `2029`, UTF-8: `E280A9`)
+- Line separator (Unicode: `2028`, UTF-8: `E280A8`)
+- Next line (Unicode: `0085`, UTF-8: `C285`)
+- Carriage return (Unicode: `000D`, UTF-8: `0D`)
+
 **Invalid regex patterns will result in undefined behavior**. This includes but is not limited to the following:
 - Unescaped special characters (listed in the third row of the Characters table below) when they are intended to match as literals.
 - Unmatched paired special characters like `()`, `[]`, and `{}`.
diff --git a/cpp/include/cudf/strings/regex/flags.hpp b/cpp/include/cudf/strings/regex/flags.hpp
index f7108129dee..4f3fc7086f2 100644
--- a/cpp/include/cudf/strings/regex/flags.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/cudf/strings/regex/flags.hpp
@@ -35,10 +35,11 @@ namespace strings {
  * and to match the Python flag values.
  */
 enum regex_flags : uint32_t {
-  DEFAULT   = 0,   ///< default
-  MULTILINE = 8,   ///< the '^' and '$' honor new-line characters
-  DOTALL    = 16,  ///< the '.' matching includes new-line characters
-  ASCII     = 256  ///< use only ASCII when matching built-in character classes
+  DEFAULT     = 0,    ///< default
+  MULTILINE   = 8,    ///< the '^' and '$' honor new-line characters
+  DOTALL      = 16,   ///< the '.' matching includes new-line characters
+  ASCII       = 256,  ///< use only ASCII when matching built-in character classes
+  EXT_NEWLINE = 512   ///< new-line matches extended characters
 };
 
 /**
@@ -74,6 +75,17 @@ constexpr bool is_ascii(regex_flags const f)
   return (f & regex_flags::ASCII) == regex_flags::ASCII;
 }
 
+/**
+ * @brief Returns true if the given flags contain EXT_NEWLINE
+ *
+ * @param f Regex flags to check
+ * @return true if `f` includes EXT_NEWLINE
+ */
+constexpr bool is_ext_newline(regex_flags const f)
+{
+  return (f & regex_flags::EXT_NEWLINE) == regex_flags::EXT_NEWLINE;
+}
+
 /**
  * @brief Capture groups setting
  *
diff --git a/cpp/include/cudf/strings/string_view.cuh b/cpp/include/cudf/strings/string_view.cuh
index abb26d7ccb4..14695c3bb27 100644
--- a/cpp/include/cudf/strings/string_view.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/cudf/strings/string_view.cuh
@@ -191,9 +191,14 @@ __device__ inline string_view::const_iterator& string_view::const_iterator::oper
 
 __device__ inline string_view::const_iterator& string_view::const_iterator::operator--()
 {
-  if (byte_pos > 0)
-    while (strings::detail::bytes_in_utf8_byte(static_cast<uint8_t>(p[--byte_pos])) == 0)
-      ;
+  if (byte_pos > 0) {
+    if (byte_pos == char_pos) {
+      --byte_pos;
+    } else {
+      while (strings::detail::bytes_in_utf8_byte(static_cast<uint8_t>(p[--byte_pos])) == 0)
+        ;
+    }
+  }
   --char_pos;
   return *this;
 }
diff --git a/cpp/src/strings/regex/regcomp.cpp b/cpp/src/strings/regex/regcomp.cpp
index adf650a4f27..7c4c89bd3fb 100644
--- a/cpp/src/strings/regex/regcomp.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/strings/regex/regcomp.cpp
@@ -539,15 +539,26 @@ class regex_parser {
                                                          : static_cast<int32_t>(LBRA);
       case ')': return RBRA;
       case '^': {
-        _chr = is_multiline(_flags) ? chr : '\n';
+        if (is_ext_newline(_flags)) {
+          _chr = is_multiline(_flags) ? 'S' : 'N';
+        } else {
+          _chr = is_multiline(_flags) ? chr : '\n';
+        }
         return BOL;
       }
       case '$': {
-        _chr = is_multiline(_flags) ? chr : '\n';
+        if (is_ext_newline(_flags)) {
+          _chr = is_multiline(_flags) ? 'S' : 'N';
+        } else {
+          _chr = is_multiline(_flags) ? chr : '\n';
+        }
         return EOL;
       }
       case '[': return build_cclass();
-      case '.': return dot_type;
+      case '.': {
+        _chr = is_ext_newline(_flags) ? 'N' : chr;
+        return dot_type;
+      }
     }
 
     if (std::find(quantifiers.begin(), quantifiers.end(), static_cast<char>(chr)) ==
@@ -959,7 +970,7 @@ class regex_compiler {
       _prog.inst_at(inst_id).u1.cls_id = class_id;
     } else if (token == CHAR) {
       _prog.inst_at(inst_id).u1.c = yy;
-    } else if (token == BOL || token == EOL) {
+    } else if (token == BOL || token == EOL || token == ANY) {
       _prog.inst_at(inst_id).u1.c = yy;
     }
     push_and(inst_id, inst_id);
@@ -1194,7 +1205,7 @@ void reprog::print(regex_flags const flags)
       case STAR: printf("   STAR next=%d", inst.u2.next_id); break;
       case PLUS: printf("   PLUS next=%d", inst.u2.next_id); break;
       case QUEST: printf("  QUEST next=%d", inst.u2.next_id); break;
-      case ANY: printf("    ANY next=%d", inst.u2.next_id); break;
+      case ANY: printf("    ANY '%c', next=%d", inst.u1.c, inst.u2.next_id); break;
       case ANYNL: printf("  ANYNL next=%d", inst.u2.next_id); break;
       case NOP: printf("    NOP next=%d", inst.u2.next_id); break;
       case BOL: {
diff --git a/cpp/src/strings/regex/regex.inl b/cpp/src/strings/regex/regex.inl
index 3b899e4edc1..e34a1e12015 100644
--- a/cpp/src/strings/regex/regex.inl
+++ b/cpp/src/strings/regex/regex.inl
@@ -126,6 +126,16 @@ __device__ __forceinline__ void reprog_device::reljunk::swaplist()
   list2    = tmp;
 }
 
+/**
+ * @brief Check for supported new-line characters
+ *
+ * '\n, \r, \u0085, \u2028, or \u2029'
+ */
+constexpr bool is_newline(char32_t const ch)
+{
+  return (ch == '\n' || ch == '\r' || ch == 0x00c285 || ch == 0x00e280a8 || ch == 0x00e280a9);
+}
+
 /**
  * @brief Utility to check a specific character against this class instance.
  *
@@ -258,11 +268,14 @@ __device__ __forceinline__ match_result reprog_device::regexec(string_view const
     if (checkstart) {
       auto startchar = static_cast<char_utf8>(jnk.startchar);
       switch (jnk.starttype) {
-        case BOL:
-          if (pos == 0) break;
-          if (jnk.startchar != '^') { return cuda::std::nullopt; }
+        case BOL: {
+          if (pos == 0) { break; }
+          if (startchar != '^' && startchar != 'S') { return cuda::std::nullopt; }
+          if (startchar != '\n') { break; }
           --itr;
           startchar = static_cast<char_utf8>('\n');
+          [[fallthrough]];
+        }
         case CHAR: {
           auto const find_itr = find_char(startchar, dstr, itr);
           if (find_itr.byte_offset() >= dstr.size_bytes()) { return cuda::std::nullopt; }
@@ -312,26 +325,34 @@ __device__ __forceinline__ match_result reprog_device::regexec(string_view const
             id_activate = inst.u2.next_id;
             expanded    = true;
             break;
-          case BOL:
-            if ((pos == 0) || ((inst.u1.c == '^') && (dstr[pos - 1] == '\n'))) {
+          case BOL: {
+            auto titr         = itr;
+            auto const prev_c = pos > 0 ? *(--titr) : 0;
+            if ((pos == 0) || ((inst.u1.c == '^') && (prev_c == '\n')) ||
+                ((inst.u1.c == 'S') && (is_newline(prev_c)))) {
               id_activate = inst.u2.next_id;
               expanded    = true;
             }
             break;
-          case EOL:
+          }
+          case EOL: {
             // after the last character OR:
             // - for MULTILINE, if current character is new-line
             // - for non-MULTILINE, the very last character of the string can also be a new-line
+            bool const nl = (inst.u1.c == 'S' || inst.u1.c == 'N') ? is_newline(c) : (c == '\n');
             if (last_character ||
-                ((c == '\n') && (inst.u1.c != 'Z') &&
-                 ((inst.u1.c == '$') || (itr.byte_offset() + 1 == dstr.size_bytes())))) {
+                (nl && (inst.u1.c != 'Z') &&
+                 ((inst.u1.c == '$' || inst.u1.c == 'S') ||
+                  (itr.byte_offset() + bytes_in_char_utf8(c) == dstr.size_bytes())))) {
               id_activate = inst.u2.next_id;
               expanded    = true;
             }
             break;
+          }
           case BOW:
           case NBOW: {
-            auto const prev_c       = pos > 0 ? dstr[pos - 1] : 0;
+            auto titr               = itr;
+            auto const prev_c       = pos > 0 ? *(--titr) : 0;
             auto const word_class   = reclass_device{CCLASS_W};
             bool const curr_is_word = word_class.is_match(c, _codepoint_flags);
             bool const prev_is_word = word_class.is_match(prev_c, _codepoint_flags);
@@ -366,9 +387,10 @@ __device__ __forceinline__ match_result reprog_device::regexec(string_view const
         case CHAR:
           if (inst.u1.c == c) id_activate = inst.u2.next_id;
           break;
-        case ANY:
-          if (c != '\n') id_activate = inst.u2.next_id;
-          break;
+        case ANY: {
+          if ((c == '\n') || ((inst.u1.c == 'N') && is_newline(c))) { break; }
+          [[fallthrough]];
+        }
         case ANYNL: id_activate = inst.u2.next_id; break;
         case NCCLASS:
         case CCLASS: {
diff --git a/cpp/tests/strings/contains_tests.cpp b/cpp/tests/strings/contains_tests.cpp
index c816316d0ff..acf850c7a66 100644
--- a/cpp/tests/strings/contains_tests.cpp
+++ b/cpp/tests/strings/contains_tests.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+#include "special_chars.h"
+
 #include <cudf_test/base_fixture.hpp>
 #include <cudf_test/column_utilities.hpp>
 #include <cudf_test/column_wrapper.hpp>
@@ -613,6 +615,63 @@ TEST_F(StringsContainsTests, MultiLine)
   CUDF_TEST_EXPECT_COLUMNS_EQUIVALENT(*results, expected_count);
 }
 
+TEST_F(StringsContainsTests, SpecialNewLines)
+{
+  auto input = cudf::test::strings_column_wrapper({"zzé" LINE_SEPARATOR "qqq" NEXT_LINE "zzé",
+                                                   "qqq\rzzé" LINE_SEPARATOR "lll",
+                                                   "zzé",
+                                                   "",
+                                                   "zzé" PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR,
+                                                   "abc\nzzé" NEXT_LINE});
+  auto view  = cudf::strings_column_view(input);
+
+  auto pattern = std::string("^zzé$");
+  auto prog =
+    cudf::strings::regex_program::create(pattern, cudf::strings::regex_flags::EXT_NEWLINE);
+  auto ml_flags = static_cast<cudf::strings::regex_flags>(cudf::strings::regex_flags::EXT_NEWLINE |
+                                                          cudf::strings::regex_flags::MULTILINE);
+  auto prog_ml  = cudf::strings::regex_program::create(pattern, ml_flags);
+
+  auto expected = cudf::test::fixed_width_column_wrapper<bool>({0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0});
+  auto results  = cudf::strings::contains_re(view, *prog);
+  CUDF_TEST_EXPECT_COLUMNS_EQUAL(*results, expected);
+  expected = cudf::test::fixed_width_column_wrapper<bool>({1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1});
+  results  = cudf::strings::contains_re(view, *prog_ml);
+  CUDF_TEST_EXPECT_COLUMNS_EQUAL(*results, expected);
+
+  expected = cudf::test::fixed_width_column_wrapper<bool>({0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0});
+  results  = cudf::strings::matches_re(view, *prog);
+  CUDF_TEST_EXPECT_COLUMNS_EQUAL(*results, expected);
+  expected = cudf::test::fixed_width_column_wrapper<bool>({1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0});
+  results  = cudf::strings::matches_re(view, *prog_ml);
+  CUDF_TEST_EXPECT_COLUMNS_EQUAL(*results, expected);
+
+  auto counts = cudf::test::fixed_width_column_wrapper<int32_t>({0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0});
+  results     = cudf::strings::count_re(view, *prog);
+  CUDF_TEST_EXPECT_COLUMNS_EQUAL(*results, counts);
+  counts  = cudf::test::fixed_width_column_wrapper<int32_t>({2, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1});
+  results = cudf::strings::count_re(view, *prog_ml);
+  CUDF_TEST_EXPECT_COLUMNS_EQUAL(*results, counts);
+
+  pattern  = std::string("q.*l");
+  prog     = cudf::strings::regex_program::create(pattern);
+  expected = cudf::test::fixed_width_column_wrapper<bool>({0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0});
+  results  = cudf::strings::contains_re(view, *prog);
+  CUDF_TEST_EXPECT_COLUMNS_EQUAL(*results, expected);
+  // inst ANY will stop matching on first 'newline' and so should not match anything here
+  prog     = cudf::strings::regex_program::create(pattern, cudf::strings::regex_flags::EXT_NEWLINE);
+  expected = cudf::test::fixed_width_column_wrapper<bool>({0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0});
+  results  = cudf::strings::contains_re(view, *prog);
+  CUDF_TEST_EXPECT_COLUMNS_EQUAL(*results, expected);
+  // including the DOTALL flag accepts the newline characters
+  auto dot_flags = static_cast<cudf::strings::regex_flags>(cudf::strings::regex_flags::EXT_NEWLINE |
+                                                           cudf::strings::regex_flags::DOTALL);
+  prog           = cudf::strings::regex_program::create(pattern, dot_flags);
+  expected       = cudf::test::fixed_width_column_wrapper<bool>({0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0});
+  results        = cudf::strings::contains_re(view, *prog);
+  CUDF_TEST_EXPECT_COLUMNS_EQUAL(*results, expected);
+}
+
 TEST_F(StringsContainsTests, EndOfString)
 {
   auto input = cudf::test::strings_column_wrapper(
diff --git a/cpp/tests/strings/extract_tests.cpp b/cpp/tests/strings/extract_tests.cpp
index b26cbd5a549..1491da758d5 100644
--- a/cpp/tests/strings/extract_tests.cpp
+++ b/cpp/tests/strings/extract_tests.cpp
@@ -14,9 +14,12 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+#include "special_chars.h"
+
 #include <cudf_test/base_fixture.hpp>
 #include <cudf_test/column_utilities.hpp>
 #include <cudf_test/column_wrapper.hpp>
+#include <cudf_test/debug_utilities.hpp>
 #include <cudf_test/table_utilities.hpp>
 
 #include <cudf/detail/iterator.cuh>
@@ -200,6 +203,43 @@ TEST_F(StringsExtractTests, DotAll)
   CUDF_TEST_EXPECT_TABLES_EQUAL(*results, expected);
 }
 
+TEST_F(StringsExtractTests, SpecialNewLines)
+{
+  auto input = cudf::test::strings_column_wrapper({"zzé" NEXT_LINE "qqq" LINE_SEPARATOR "zzé",
+                                                   "qqq" LINE_SEPARATOR "zzé\rlll",
+                                                   "zzé",
+                                                   "",
+                                                   "zzé" NEXT_LINE,
+                                                   "abc" PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR "zzé\n"});
+  auto view  = cudf::strings_column_view(input);
+
+  auto prog =
+    cudf::strings::regex_program::create("(^zzé$)", cudf::strings::regex_flags::EXT_NEWLINE);
+  auto results = cudf::strings::extract(view, *prog);
+  auto expected =
+    cudf::test::strings_column_wrapper({"", "", "zzé", "", "zzé", ""}, {0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0});
+  CUDF_TEST_EXPECT_COLUMNS_EQUAL(results->view().column(0), expected);
+
+  auto both_flags = static_cast<cudf::strings::regex_flags>(
+    cudf::strings::regex_flags::EXT_NEWLINE | cudf::strings::regex_flags::MULTILINE);
+  auto prog_ml = cudf::strings::regex_program::create("^(zzé)$", both_flags);
+  results      = cudf::strings::extract(view, *prog_ml);
+  expected =
+    cudf::test::strings_column_wrapper({"zzé", "zzé", "zzé", "", "zzé", "zzé"}, {1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1});
+  CUDF_TEST_EXPECT_COLUMNS_EQUAL(results->view().column(0), expected);
+
+  prog = cudf::strings::regex_program::create("q(q.*l)l");
+  expected = cudf::test::strings_column_wrapper({"", "qq" LINE_SEPARATOR "zzé\rll", "", "", "", ""},
+                                                {0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0});
+  results = cudf::strings::extract(view, *prog);
+  CUDF_TEST_EXPECT_COLUMNS_EQUAL(results->view().column(0), expected);
+  // expect no matches here since the newline(s) interrupts the pattern
+  prog = cudf::strings::regex_program::create("q(q.*l)l", cudf::strings::regex_flags::EXT_NEWLINE);
+  expected = cudf::test::strings_column_wrapper({"", "", "", "", "", ""}, {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0});
+  results  = cudf::strings::extract(view, *prog);
+  CUDF_TEST_EXPECT_COLUMNS_EQUAL(results->view().column(0), expected);
+}
+
 TEST_F(StringsExtractTests, EmptyExtractTest)
 {
   std::vector<char const*> h_strings{nullptr, "AAA", "AAA_A", "AAA_AAA_", "A__", ""};
diff --git a/cpp/tests/strings/findall_tests.cpp b/cpp/tests/strings/findall_tests.cpp
index 4582dcb1e38..47606b9b3ed 100644
--- a/cpp/tests/strings/findall_tests.cpp
+++ b/cpp/tests/strings/findall_tests.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+#include "special_chars.h"
+
 #include <cudf_test/base_fixture.hpp>
 #include <cudf_test/column_utilities.hpp>
 #include <cudf_test/column_wrapper.hpp>
@@ -80,6 +82,32 @@ TEST_F(StringsFindallTests, DotAll)
   CUDF_TEST_EXPECT_COLUMNS_EQUIVALENT(results->view(), expected);
 }
 
+TEST_F(StringsFindallTests, SpecialNewLines)
+{
+  auto input = cudf::test::strings_column_wrapper({"zzé" PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR "qqq\nzzé",
+                                                   "qqq\nzzé" PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR "lll",
+                                                   "zzé",
+                                                   "",
+                                                   "zzé\r",
+                                                   "zzé" LINE_SEPARATOR "zzé" NEXT_LINE});
+  auto view  = cudf::strings_column_view(input);
+
+  auto prog =
+    cudf::strings::regex_program::create("(^zzé$)", cudf::strings::regex_flags::EXT_NEWLINE);
+  auto results = cudf::strings::findall(view, *prog);
+  using LCW    = cudf::test::lists_column_wrapper<cudf::string_view>;
+  LCW expected({LCW{}, LCW{}, LCW{"zzé"}, LCW{}, LCW{"zzé"}, LCW{}});
+  CUDF_TEST_EXPECT_COLUMNS_EQUAL(results->view(), expected);
+
+  auto both_flags = static_cast<cudf::strings::regex_flags>(
+    cudf::strings::regex_flags::EXT_NEWLINE | cudf::strings::regex_flags::MULTILINE);
+  auto prog_ml = cudf::strings::regex_program::create("^(zzé)$", both_flags);
+  results      = cudf::strings::findall(view, *prog_ml);
+  LCW expected_ml(
+    {LCW{"zzé", "zzé"}, LCW{"zzé"}, LCW{"zzé"}, LCW{}, LCW{"zzé"}, LCW{"zzé", "zzé"}});
+  CUDF_TEST_EXPECT_COLUMNS_EQUAL(results->view(), expected_ml);
+}
+
 TEST_F(StringsFindallTests, MediumRegex)
 {
   // This results in 15 regex instructions and falls in the 'medium' range.
diff --git a/cpp/tests/strings/replace_regex_tests.cpp b/cpp/tests/strings/replace_regex_tests.cpp
index 8c0482653fb..9847d8d6bb5 100644
--- a/cpp/tests/strings/replace_regex_tests.cpp
+++ b/cpp/tests/strings/replace_regex_tests.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+#include "special_chars.h"
+
 #include <cudf_test/base_fixture.hpp>
 #include <cudf_test/column_utilities.hpp>
 #include <cudf_test/column_wrapper.hpp>
@@ -245,6 +247,53 @@ TEST_F(StringsReplaceRegexTest, Multiline)
   CUDF_TEST_EXPECT_COLUMNS_EQUIVALENT(*results, br_expected);
 }
 
+TEST_F(StringsReplaceRegexTest, SpecialNewLines)
+{
+  auto input   = cudf::test::strings_column_wrapper({"zzé" NEXT_LINE "qqq" NEXT_LINE "zzé",
+                                                     "qqq" NEXT_LINE "zzé" NEXT_LINE "lll",
+                                                     "zzé",
+                                                     "",
+                                                     "zzé" PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR,
+                                                     "abc\rzzé\r"});
+  auto view    = cudf::strings_column_view(input);
+  auto repl    = cudf::string_scalar("_");
+  auto pattern = std::string("^zzé$");
+  auto prog =
+    cudf::strings::regex_program::create(pattern, cudf::strings::regex_flags::EXT_NEWLINE);
+  auto results  = cudf::strings::replace_re(view, *prog, repl);
+  auto expected = cudf::test::strings_column_wrapper({"zzé" NEXT_LINE "qqq" NEXT_LINE "zzé",
+                                                      "qqq" NEXT_LINE "zzé" NEXT_LINE "lll",
+                                                      "_",
+                                                      "",
+                                                      "_" PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR,
+                                                      "abc\rzzé\r"});
+  CUDF_TEST_EXPECT_COLUMNS_EQUAL(results->view(), expected);
+
+  auto both_flags = static_cast<cudf::strings::regex_flags>(
+    cudf::strings::regex_flags::EXT_NEWLINE | cudf::strings::regex_flags::MULTILINE);
+  auto prog_ml = cudf::strings::regex_program::create(pattern, both_flags);
+  results      = cudf::strings::replace_re(view, *prog_ml, repl);
+  expected     = cudf::test::strings_column_wrapper({"_" NEXT_LINE "qqq" NEXT_LINE "_",
+                                                     "qqq" NEXT_LINE "_" NEXT_LINE "lll",
+                                                     "_",
+                                                     "",
+                                                     "_" PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR,
+                                                     "abc\r_\r"});
+  CUDF_TEST_EXPECT_COLUMNS_EQUAL(results->view(), expected);
+
+  auto repl_template = std::string("[\\1]");
+  pattern            = std::string("(^zzé$)");
+  prog               = cudf::strings::regex_program::create(pattern, both_flags);
+  results            = cudf::strings::replace_with_backrefs(view, *prog, repl_template);
+  expected = cudf::test::strings_column_wrapper({"[zzé]" NEXT_LINE "qqq" NEXT_LINE "[zzé]",
+                                                 "qqq" NEXT_LINE "[zzé]" NEXT_LINE "lll",
+                                                 "[zzé]",
+                                                 "",
+                                                 "[zzé]" PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR,
+                                                 "abc\r[zzé]\r"});
+  CUDF_TEST_EXPECT_COLUMNS_EQUAL(results->view(), expected);
+}
+
 TEST_F(StringsReplaceRegexTest, ReplaceBackrefsRegexTest)
 {
   std::vector<char const*> h_strings{"the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog",
diff --git a/cpp/tests/strings/special_chars.h b/cpp/tests/strings/special_chars.h
new file mode 100644
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+#pragma once
+
+namespace cudf::test {
+
+// special new-line characters for use with regex_flags::EXT_NEWLINE
+#define NEXT_LINE           "\xC2\x85"
+#define LINE_SEPARATOR      "\xE2\x80\xA8"
+#define PARAGRAPH_SEPARATOR "\xE2\x80\xA9"
+
+}  // namespace cudf::test