/* ==========================================================
   InvestExplorer – Blog (index, archive, search, single)
   ========================================================== */
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/* ---------- comments ---------- */
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/* ==========================================================
   Hardening: keep the blog looking right whatever the theme
   styles globally (inputs, headings, links, pagination).
   ========================================================== */
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/* ==========================================================
   Theme clash fix: WordPress adds the class "search" to <body>
   on search result pages, which triggers header-search rules
   like .search{max-width:360px} / .search:before in the theme CSS.
   ========================================================== */
body.search{max-width:none!important;width:auto!important;margin-right:0!important;flex:none!important;position:static!important}
body.search:before,body.search:after{content:none!important;display:none!important}