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[broun] / braʊn /


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The courses begin with three savory bites before transitioning into full-fledged desserts, including a deconstructed version of her signature multilayered mousse cake, with flavors of brown rice and pecan praline.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

"The harvest is hanging by a thread," he told AFP from his vineyard in the village of Spay, looking out over the Rhine and hills scorched a deep brown by the heat.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

Here, they get cooked with butter, brown sugar, orange zest and salt until glossy and jammy, then folded into a simple sour cream cake scented generously with cardamom.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

Forest fires have also been reported in Croatia, Spain and Serbia since Friday, after a summer of extreme heat which has seen swathes of land across Europe either going up in flames or scorched brown.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

Wave tips, foaming, lighter brown, warn of currents deep.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

What 250 years means: To me, it means that we’re still here, we’re living, we’re breathing… The blacks and browns, you know, us sticking together, I feel like we accomplished a lot in 250 years.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

Breakfast options include the sausage McMuffin, sausage biscuit, sausage burrito, hash browns, and a medium coffee—all at under $3 each.

From Barron's Apr. 21, 2026

This year they’re going further, with McDonald’s next month offering deals such as a new $3 and less menu, which includes a McDouble or fries or hash browns, according to people familiar with the plan.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 20, 2026

Lamb Weston, based in Idaho, has a market value of close to $6.5 billion and is a major producer of frozen-potato products including french fries, hash browns and tater tots.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 8, 2026

The mountain was crisp with evergreens, which were luminous set against the browns and grays of shale and limestone.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

We believe that’s because walleye, for example, have a specialized retina that helps them see in browner waters with poorer visibility.

From Science Daily Jun. 21, 2026

Mamdani's retort is that he's more like a Scandinavian politician, only browner.

From BBC Nov. 1, 2025

The tofu cubes were deep golden on top, and even browner on the bottom where the Parmesan met the hot metal of the pan.

From Seattle Times May 7, 2023

Cook at 350 to 375 degrees — the higher temp will get you a browner, crisper top — for 40 minutes to an hour, depending on your dish and the ingredients.

From Washington Post Oct. 31, 2022

His eyes are even clearer and browner in the sunlight.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

“I’m not going to be supportive of defunding cultural events in the brownest city in Orange County and making the public choose between celebrating our culture or giving mutual aid,” said Councilmember Johnathan Hernandez.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 3, 2025

"I'd look at certain celebrities who've got like white decor in the house, I'm like, 'who would choose white? I've gone for the brownest brown so that it hides the dirt," she said.

From BBC Feb. 4, 2024

Young, rich Stephen Carlton Clark had married Susan Hun, descendant of brownest, trimmest Albany ancestors.

From Time Magazine Archive

He ate the biggest, brownest and best parts of the chicken at every Sunday meal.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

I hug Spot, then look into his brownest eyes.

From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

The dish, made of browned ground beef, rice and basically whatever else you have on hand, has inspired hundreds of posts since January.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

It needs only a brief bloom — fragrant, not browned.

From Salon Apr. 7, 2026

Chicken breasts for the enchiladas and soups get grilled, pork or beef browned and drained.

From Salon Sep. 9, 2025

Stew beef and mushrooms sizzle in butter and herbs until browned.

From Salon Sep. 2, 2025

Hawkers were at every comer, with glass-enclosed cases of akara and suya and browned chicken drumsticks, with trays of peeled oranges, with coolers the size of bathtubs full of Walls banana ice cream.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Even zoomed-out satellite imagery of western France shows a striking increase in the browning of land compared to last year.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

But freshwater browning doesn’t affect all species of fish equally.

From Science Daily Jun. 21, 2026

That browning occurs when PPO reacts with oxygen after the fruit is cut or bruised.

From Science Daily Oct. 27, 2025

The sight of browning, fallow land where prized wine grapes were grown has become more frequent.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 11, 2025

The white lunch lady with her hair in a net has a huge gap-toothed smile as she piles sloppy joes and too-cheesy slices of pizza onto plates, along with cartons of milk and browning bananas.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender




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