brown
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When the team analyzed the samples in Krabbenhoft's laboratory, they identified more than 19,000 structural variants in the brown tree snake genome.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
In court on Monday, the pair wore light brown prison uniforms and were handcuffed and shackled at the waist and ankles.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Bake for 18 to 22 minutes, rotating the tin halfway through, until the pastry is deeply puffed and golden brown.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
His hair is currently brown rather than Targaryen blond, although he says the color is actually left over from filming Justine Triet’s upcoming psychological thriller “Fonda.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
The dead man had worn his long brown hair loose, except for a single lock at the temple, matted with red ochre.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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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
For the $4 breakfast bundle, customers can choose a sausage McMuffin or sausage biscuit, served with hash browns and a small coffee.
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 outside of the onions is varying shades of greens and browns with white patches of fuzz, but on the inside the flesh is bright and good enough to eat.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
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Unsurprisingly, we found that vision appeared to be quite important for navigating browner waters.
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
Today, how Southern Californians will have to get used to browner lawns — and why even that might not make a dent in a historic drought.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2022
He shuts his eyes, and his hair becomes thicker and browner.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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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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In Hawaiian, “maka” means eyes, and Kumu Maka’s are the biggest and brownest.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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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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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
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
Each bite is guaranteed to be a delicious medley of both sweet and spice, never just plain browned crust.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026
Then, layer the inside with pieces of sourdough breadcrumbs, browned chorizo, burrata and more breadcrumbs.
From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2026
I was sitting at the kitchen counter while Dad chopped vegetables and Mom browned some beef in a skillet.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
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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
To promote these reactions, alternative meat developers will add browning agents, including specific amino acids such as cysteine, methionine and lysine, sugars and the vitamin thiamin.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2024
Each one of our steps leaves deep footprints in the browning sand, another imperfection along with the streaks of dirt, tufts of grass, and collections of mossy rocks on the beach.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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