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retie

  • a word derived from tie.

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Part of the rebuilding task must include marking and remembering, trying to retie threads that connect us to history and place.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 21, 2025

With his frozen fingers, it took him many minutes to retie them.

From BBC Jan. 22, 2024

Not long after, I pause to retie the soaked laces of my left sneaker beneath a bronze statue of a Mountie and his horse.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2022

The signs seemed to remind visitors to bend down and retie their shoelaces, perhaps to gather a promising souvenir or two of the original sin in the process.

From New York Times Aug. 3, 2021

Trevor leaned over to retie one of his shoelaces.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks