/* =========================================================
   City Choice Blog — scoped under .cc-blog
   Mirrors reference/City Choice Blog _standalone_.html
   ========================================================= */

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/* ---------- Empty state ---------- */
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  padding:80px 32px;text-align:center;color:var(--cc-ink-2);
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/* ---------- Pagination ---------- */
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.cc-blog .pagination a,
.cc-blog .pagination span{
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.cc-blog .pagination a:hover{border-color:var(--cc-green);color:var(--cc-green)}

/* ---------- CTA band ---------- */
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  background:linear-gradient(225deg,var(--cc-green-2) 0%,var(--cc-green) 100%);
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/* =========================================================
   Single post template
   ========================================================= */
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/* Related */
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/* =========================================================
   Responsive
   ========================================================= */
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