brown
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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
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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
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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
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“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
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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
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In Hawaiian, “maka” means eyes, and Kumu Maka’s are the biggest and brownest.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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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
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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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