fred

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On the line was someone sounding like her son Fred, crying for help.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Fred Trump, according to Tony Schwartz, who ghostwrote the president’s book “The Art of the Deal,” was “a very brutal guy” — a martinet of a father who shipped his son off to military school.

From Salon • May 31, 2026

“Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like,” Fred Rogers once said, “if each of us offered, as a matter of course, just one kind word to another person.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

On the track, American former world champion Fred Kerley - one of the athletes competing 'clean' - won the men's 100m in 9.97 seconds, which was short of his personal best of 9.76.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Fred followed, nibbling as fast as she could put it down.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr