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[braun] / braʊn /


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I also love tossing green cabbage with miso butter, roasting it until the edges begin to brown, and finishing it with lemony, toasted panko breadcrumbs.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026

During the crash, his brown Maserati convertible collided with an unoccupied Tesla, according to the criminal complaint filed in July.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

"Our vote is our voice, and it's up to you to ensure that our voice is heard," added Springsteen, wearing a brown flannel shirt.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

“These days you often get a brown sauce substitute. You’ve got to take your own.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Tante Jans was standing in the kitchen doorway, a tumbler of thick brown liquid in her hand.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Dry heat browns, evaporates and concentrates while you go do something else.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

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

The difference in snow levels is night and day, with last year’s white peaks replaced by browns and greens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026

Everything served for breakfast at La Posada Restaurant came with a choice of hash browns or grits.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith

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

“It’s browner, it’s queer, and that’s a good thing, to see how it’s become way more diverse.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026

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

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

The Harfoots were browner of skin, smaller, and shorter, and they were beardless and bootless; their hands and feet were neat and nimble; and they preferred highlands and hillsides.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

“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

They’re also excellent browned and added to Mediterranean-inspired bowls with rice, lemon hummus, feta, olives and a chopped cucumber-tomato salad.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026

Now each forkful caught a little of everything: tender, almost creamy cabbage; browned edges; bright flecks of citrus; and individual crunchy crumbs that stayed crunchy.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

The caramels’ deep notes of browned butter and toasted vanilla is almost savory on the finish.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

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

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

After about 30 minutes at 350 degrees, with a stir halfway through, the cabbage had softened into silky folds, with a little browning at the edges.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

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

And browning, as we know, is one of flavor’s favorite party tricks.

From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2026

A bold starling swooped and grabbed some of the browning grass that had been its hair.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry


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