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    background-image: none !important;
}*/

.cta-button:hover a {
    color: #ac1f2d !important;
}


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}

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    color: #fff;
    letter-spacing: 1px;
    display: inline-block !important;
    margin-bottom: 5px !important;
}
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}
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    color: #f5f5f5;
}

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    color: inherit !important;
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    font-weight: 600;
    letter-spacing: 1px;
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.format-blog .elementor-page-title h1 {
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