"AfD festigt Sonntagstrend – Union verliert weiter". Count characters: let's count: A f D (3) + space (1) =4, "festigt" (7) => 11, space 12, "Sonntagstrend" (13) => 25, space 26, "–" (1) =>27, space 28, "Union" (5) =>33, space 34, "verliert" (7) =>41, space 42, "weiter" (6) =>48. So 48 chars, fine.

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