Tappan
Americannoun
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“Farmers are price takers, not price makers,” said Ron Binaghi, who runs the 18-acre Stokes Farm in Old Tappan, N.J.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
As we left the concert hall, a group of students had started a campfire in Tappan Square.
From Slate • Apr. 8, 2024
Manager Joe Maddon considers Ortega a “really good bridge” between the starter and the back-end trio of Iglesias, Loup and Tepera, like “the George Washington, the Verrazano-Narrows, the Tappan Zee,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2022
The Queens-raised son of a cantor and a teacher, Icahn has for decades targeted firms like Tappan, Texaco and Apple, while seeking out undervalued stocks.
From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2022
He himself had had a use-of- force on his second day of OJT, he told me, down in Tappan.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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