.sponsored-home {
  --sponsor-ink: #172018;
  --sponsor-forest: #1d4b2b;
  --sponsor-gold: #d99b27;
  --sponsor-paper: #fbf7ee;
  --sponsor-line: #dcd3c3;
  padding: 74px 0;
  overflow: hidden;
  background:
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(29, 75, 43, .035) 1px, transparent 1px) 0 0 / 72px 72px,
    var(--sponsor-paper);
  color: var(--sponsor-ink);
}

.sponsored-heading {
  display: flex;
  align-items: end;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 32px;
  margin-bottom: 32px;
}

.sponsored-kicker {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 10px;
  margin-bottom: 10px;
  color: #8a6218;
  font: 700 11px/1 "DM Sans", sans-serif;
  letter-spacing: .16em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.sponsored-kicker span {
  width: 32px;
  height: 1px;
  background: var(--sponsor-gold);
}

.sponsored-heading h2 {
  margin: 0 0 8px;
  color: var(--sponsor-ink);
  font: 700 clamp(30px, 4vw, 45px)/1.08 "Fraunces", serif;
  letter-spacing: -.025em;
}

.sponsored-heading p {
  margin: 0;
  color: #677067;
  font-size: 15px;
}

.sponsored-promote-link {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 10px;
  flex: none;
  padding-bottom: 5px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--sponsor-forest);
  color: var(--sponsor-forest);
  font: 700 13px/1 "DM Sans", sans-serif;
  text-decoration: none;
  transition: gap .2s ease, color .2s ease;
}

.sponsored-promote-link:hover {
  gap: 15px;
  color: #a36c0a;
}

.sponsored-layout {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1.45fr 1fr;
  gap: 1px;
  border: 1px solid var(--sponsor-line);
  background: var(--sponsor-line);
}

.sponsored-story {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 150px minmax(0, 1fr);
  min-height: 190px;
  background: #fffdf9;
  color: inherit;
  text-decoration: none;
  overflow: hidden;
  animation: sponsored-rise .55s ease both;
}

.sponsored-story--lead {
  grid-row: span 3;
  grid-template: minmax(310px, 1fr) auto / 1fr;
}

.sponsored-story:nth-child(2) { animation-delay: .08s; }
.sponsored-story:nth-child(3) { animation-delay: .14s; }
.sponsored-story:nth-child(4) { animation-delay: .2s; }

.sponsored-media {
  position: relative;
  min-height: 100%;
  overflow: hidden;
  background: #dfe7d9;
}

.sponsored-media img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  min-height: 190px;
  object-fit: cover;
  transition: transform .55s cubic-bezier(.2, .7, .2, 1);
}

.sponsored-story--lead .sponsored-media img {
  min-height: 310px;
}

.sponsored-story:hover .sponsored-media img {
  transform: scale(1.045);
}

.sponsored-media-fallback {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  color: rgba(29, 75, 43, .48);
  font: 900 clamp(44px, 7vw, 88px)/1 "Fraunces", serif;
  background: linear-gradient(145deg, #dce8d7, #eee5d2);
}

.sponsored-disclosure {
  position: absolute;
  top: 13px;
  left: 13px;
  z-index: 2;
  padding: 5px 9px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.4);
  border-radius: 999px;
  background: rgba(20, 38, 25, .78);
  color: #fff;
  font: 700 9px/1 "DM Sans", sans-serif;
  letter-spacing: .1em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  backdrop-filter: blur(8px);
}

.sponsored-copy {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: center;
  padding: 25px;
}

.sponsored-context {
  margin-bottom: 7px;
  overflow: hidden;
  color: #788179;
  font: 700 10px/1.2 "DM Sans", sans-serif;
  letter-spacing: .11em;
  text-overflow: ellipsis;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  white-space: nowrap;
}

.sponsored-copy h3 {
  margin: 0 0 8px;
  color: var(--sponsor-ink);
  font: 700 22px/1.2 "Fraunces", serif;
}

.sponsored-story--lead .sponsored-copy h3 {
  font-size: clamp(26px, 3vw, 36px);
}

.sponsored-copy p {
  display: -webkit-box;
  margin: 0 0 17px;
  overflow: hidden;
  color: #657066;
  font-size: 13px;
  line-height: 1.55;
  -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
  -webkit-line-clamp: 2;
}

.sponsored-action {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 8px;
  margin-top: auto;
  color: var(--sponsor-forest);
  font-size: 12px;
  font-weight: 700;
}

.sponsored-action b {
  transition: transform .2s ease;
}

.sponsored-story:hover .sponsored-action b {
  transform: translateX(5px);
}

.sponsored-house-ad,
.sponsored-empty {
  color: inherit;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.sponsored-house-ad {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns:auto 1fr auto;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 18px;
  min-height: 118px;
  padding: 22px 25px;
  background: var(--sponsor-forest);
  color: #fff;
}

.house-ad-number {
  display: grid;
  width: 42px;
  height: 42px;
  place-items: center;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.3);
  border-radius: 50%;
  color: #f1bd52;
  font: 700 18px "Fraunces", serif;
}

.house-ad-copy strong,
.house-ad-copy small {
  display: block;
}

.house-ad-copy strong {
  font: 700 18px "Fraunces", serif;
}

.house-ad-copy small {
  margin-top: 4px;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.65);
  font-size: 11px;
}

.house-ad-arrow {
  color: #f1bd52;
  font-size: 22px;
  transition: transform .2s ease;
}

.sponsored-house-ad:hover .house-ad-arrow {
  transform: translate(3px, -3px);
}

.sponsored-empty {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 108px 1fr auto;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 28px;
  min-height: 150px;
  padding: 22px 32px 22px 22px;
  border: 1px solid var(--sponsor-line);
  background: #fffdf9;
  transition: border-color .2s ease, transform .2s ease;
}

.sponsored-empty:hover {
  border-color: var(--sponsor-gold);
  transform: translateY(-3px);
}

.sponsored-empty-mark {
  display: grid;
  height: 106px;
  place-items: center;
  background: var(--sponsor-forest);
  color: #f0bd55;
  font: 900 27px "Fraunces", serif;
}

.sponsored-empty strong,
.sponsored-empty small {
  display: block;
}

.sponsored-empty strong {
  margin-bottom: 6px;
  font: 700 clamp(21px, 3vw, 30px) "Fraunces", serif;
}

.sponsored-empty small {
  color: #687168;
  font-size: 14px;
}

.sponsored-empty-action {
  color: var(--sponsor-forest);
  font-size: 13px;
  font-weight: 700;
  white-space: nowrap;
}

@keyframes sponsored-rise {
  from { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(16px); }
  to { opacity: 1; transform: translateY(0); }
}

@media (max-width: 860px) {
  .sponsored-layout { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .sponsored-story--lead { grid-row: auto; }
  .sponsored-heading { align-items: start; flex-direction: column; }
}

@media (max-width: 580px) {
  .sponsored-home { padding: 54px 0; }
  .sponsored-story,
  .sponsored-story--lead { grid-template: 210px auto / 1fr; }
  .sponsored-story--lead .sponsored-media img,
  .sponsored-media img { min-height: 210px; }
  .sponsored-empty { grid-template-columns: 70px 1fr; gap: 16px; padding: 16px; }
  .sponsored-empty-mark { height: 76px; font-size: 21px; }
  .sponsored-empty-action { grid-column: 2; }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .sponsored-story { animation: none; }
  .sponsored-story *,
  .sponsored-empty { transition: none; }
}