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To this day, when the pool is drained, the hotel retouches the lines, refreshing Hockney’s iconic blue half-moon marks every year or so.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025

She examines it, retouches it, and notices that that upper lip is remarkably similar to the Mona Lisa.

From Salon • Aug. 13, 2021

Once inside, Hannah retouches her makeup and arranges herself on the couch.

From The Guardian • Jun. 21, 2015

Following Mass, Francis will remove seals on papal apartments so that crews can do small retouches before the new pope moves in.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2013

Having made your retouches, introduce your plate into the bath, and proceed as before, by partial biting, endeavoring, as much as possible, to obtain the same intensity of tone.

From A Treatise on Etching by Lalanne, Maxime