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Biden reportedly called Cognetti this week to congratulate her on her victory.

From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2026

She called in to Thursday’s show to congratulate her husband.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

The arrival in port came the day after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth boarded the Lincoln to congratulate the crew on their mission.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

And Hull was one of the first on the scene to congratulate Woad, with the quip, "finally got our points didn't we Lottie".

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

I want to be brave and strong, so that someday if I ever meet the leader of our country, he’ll congratulate me.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez

That he, upon getting punched in the crotch by Johnny Cage, congratulates the latter on having stellar technique makes about as much sense as anything else on offer here.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

"Spain congratulates the new president of Honduras and expresses its full willingness to continue working with the people and government of Honduras," the Spanish foreign ministry said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Dec. 25, 2025

A nurse congratulates the family and hands over an administrative packet.

From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2025

After running a device that looks like an ultrasound scanner across our reporter’s stomach, a sound like a heartbeat is heard and "Dr Ruth" congratulates her on being pregnant.

From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2024

When we get there, he congratulates us on a good campaign and our near victory.

From "The Misfits" by James Howe

Bass issued a concession statement and congratulated Raman on her victory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Trump congratulated the Democrats on Tuesday and said he would be ready to work with them.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

In the locker room, the coach was fired up as he congratulated his players on a gritty victory over an NFC North rival that had entered the game undefeated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

OpenAI on Tuesday congratulated the "concurrent work" of Buckmaster and Alpöge, calling it "remarkable."

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

After two hours had passed during which people congratulated Bisguier as the champion, the tournament director announced that he’d made a mistake in the calculations.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

After congratulating the crew on completing thousands of combat missions with “zero casualties, zero flight mishaps, and zero working toilets,” Jost’s Hegseth offered an update on developments back home.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, spoke about the accomplishment as though it were fact, congratulating OpenAI and posting that “AGI has arrived.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

“Two years of hearing nothing, and suddenly people are swarming us and congratulating me and Mahmoud’s mother that our son is still alive,” Al-Drimly said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

The cost of phone fatigue was not worth the short-term dopamine hit of my bird congratulating me on taking three deep breaths today.

From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026

I was congratulating myself for tracking down Tobias's father, and I should have gone to the Schouwburg instead.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse