touched up
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But within hours, AI-generated images were created, with one showing him laughing as a make-up artist touched up the blood on his face.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
While working in New York’s Oribe salon, he took her hair from brown to its signature multidimensional golden hue, then touched up her roots every other week and refreshed the color four times a year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
The parish priest said the paintings had simply been touched up following recent water damage - but said he did not "understand the fuss" in any case.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
Once this statue has been cleaned, said Linda Bartolozzi, one of the restorers, it will be touched up if necessary and then coated with a protective product to help it resist the weather.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2022
“Perhaps. We actually had a lot of photos. Had them all touched up and hung in the old sanctuary right after we converted it to a community center.”
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
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