Tappan
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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As we left the concert hall, a group of students had started a campfire in Tappan Square.
From Slate • Apr. 8, 2024
When I asked the owner, Heidi Tappan, why there was such an emphasis on these products, she told that me her family saw the famed monster back in 1988.
From Washington Post • Jul. 28, 2022
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
Tappan Wilder hailed his uncle for “constantly experimenting with form” and for wrestling “with the questions of the cosmos, of what it means to be human.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 17, 2022
Using binoculars, I watched a sailboat regatta down by the Tappan Zee Bridge and saw the slowly moving traffic on the bridge above.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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