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One Page Six reporter told Esquire in 2020 that Trump once served as a named source in a piece about his love life—and also as multiple anonymous sources quoted in the article.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

"I call all the shots. He doesn't call the shots," he was quoted as saying.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Stobaeus knew that neither he nor the writers he quoted had all the answers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

The article quoted people familiar with the matter as saying not only were some Jefferies executives looking to help investors short the stock, but also flip them after SpaceX debut.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

An 1870s account, quoted in Into the Mountains, observes: “Mt. Lafayette is...a true alp, with peaks and crags on which lightnings play, its sides brown with scars and deep with gorges.”

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson