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[broun] / braʊn /


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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

"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

I slipped out of bed to peer into the brown bag holding my new undercover possession when I suddenly realized I didn’t remember bringing the bag home.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Lar gibbons are small apes covered in blonde or dark brown fur, with a distinctive ring of white fur around their faces.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

My brown fitted pants were heavily patched and the shirt I was wearing probably hadn’t been washed, well, ever if the dark yellow stains covering it were any indication.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

As it turns out, even the most committed skeptic can be won over by a plate of greasy, crisp hash browns, a perfectly smoked brisket or a side of ranch.

From Salon Jun. 17, 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

Hansen was drawn to the beautiful shades of blues, greens and browns that the surface reveals if you’re patient enough.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 9, 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

Drab clothes for me so I would blend in with the greens and browns of the forest.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall

People fishing in browner lakes may consider appealing to the senses of the fish that are likely to be in the water.

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

More than a few bore tans so dark that they were browner than me.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 28, 2025

Melanomas typically look darker or browner than basal cell carcinomas, Connolly said, but patients should bring any lesion they’re worried about to a dermatologist’s attention.

From Seattle Times Mar. 24, 2024

He was part French, like Deydey, but browner than Fishtail.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

“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

Add the chorizo and cook, breaking it apart with a spoon, until browned and slightly crisp at the edges, about 5–7 minutes.

From Salon May 19, 2026

The skirt steak gets seared first until deeply browned, leaving behind savory crisped bits on the bottom of the skillet that become the foundation of the entire dish.

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

Then, layer the inside with pieces of sourdough breadcrumbs, browned chorizo, burrata and more breadcrumbs.

From Salon Apr. 6, 2026

When the fire became calm again, I saw the rabbit had turned into meat, browned just right.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

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

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

From Science Daily Jun. 21, 2026

Small meatballs cook faster, yes, but more importantly, they offer more browning surface area.

From Salon Mar. 23, 2026

You see knockoffs everywhere but these are original, worn-out by now, the black leather browning at the edges.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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