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In mid-November, when Xi was still in Southeast Asia, he ordered Chinese authorities to "unswervingly" execute the zero-COVID policy, said two of the people, after which some cities retightened curbs.

From Reuters • Mar. 3, 2023

If things get worse, though, retightened travel restrictions and a quarantine are possibilities.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 27, 2021

Due to the training regime Don had begun while wearing the halo, the screws had to be retightened three times because they kept jiggling loose.

From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2018

The straps round the load are loosened carefully, the shovel and tent removed and the straps retightened.

From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir

Our connection with home began to be retightened also by parochial and other common transactions, in which we took our share from a distance. 

From Uppingham by the Sea a Narrative of the Year at Borth by Skrine, John Huntley