brown
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They shimmer from the pages like bright bits of stained glass, and their names are equally enchanting: common blue, painted lady, Queen of Spain fritillary, black-veined white and northern brown argus, among others.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
While her work has caught the eye of celebrities like actors Jessica Alba and Christina Ricci, Rosales remains consistent in her vision, aesthetic and commitment to brown collectivity and liberation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Glancing back half a mile later, he saw a towering wall of brown water churning through the gorge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Hayden Leigh, a forensic science graduate at the University of Staffordshire, is using samples taken from his hair to help protect modern-day brown bears from illegal poaching.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
A minute later, another photo came in, this one of a solid cream sweater with a zipper at the collar, light blue jeans, and brown shoes.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
They fell in love with the hash browns at Waffle House.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
But I love a boiled egg in the morning with either avocado or hash browns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
"I don't mean rainbow colors, but you know, dark browns or tan colors because that tells us something about the composition, and that tells us something about the history of the Moon."
From Barron's ● Apr. 5, 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
He flipped thousands of omelets and fried mountains of hash browns.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
Fall is mellower, even if the hills might be a little browner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Elsewhere, the data highlights more localised hotspots of stress around Peterborough, Lincolnshire and parts of mid and east Devon, where fields also appear significantly browner than a year ago.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
We found that in browner waters, fish often grow more slowly.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 21, 2026
Yukon is the smallest and browner, while Marty and Monty are gray.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2023
At the front door of Gutshot Textiles, they were met by a large man with a beard like Santa Claus's but browner.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
“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
In Hawaiian, “maka” means eyes, and Kumu Maka’s are the biggest and brownest.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
Already this year, thousands of white spruce trees in the area around Wisley had browned leaves in early August, a sign they won’t cope with a hotter climate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Sauté onions and garlic in olive oil, add ground chicken and cook until almost browned, then pour in tomato sauce and let everything simmer.
From Salon ● May 22, 2026
Season the skirt steak with salt and black pepper, then sear in batches until deeply browned around the edges, about 2–3 minutes per side.
From Salon ● May 19, 2026
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
They were flat round wafers, slightly browned on the edges and butter-yellow in the center.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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
Brook trout abundance was not affected by freshwater browning.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 21, 2026
The powder clings beautifully to potatoes before roasting, the dried dairy helping to encourage browning while the herbs perfume every bite.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
That browning occurs when PPO reacts with oxygen after the fruit is cut or bruised.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2025
The precinct interrogation room looked more like file storage, browning manila folders everywhere, lots of unsolved cases.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
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