pore over
phrasal verb
pored over; poring over; pores over
: to read or study (something) very carefully
He pored over the map for hours.
Examples of pore over in a Sentence
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Police pored over the area between his house and nearby storage containers and dug through his yard with shovels and a yellow excavator.
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Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024
Invited in 1964 by the American Academy of Forensic Sciences to present a critique of the Warren Report, Dr. Wecht spent nearly a year poring over the underlying data.
—Clay Risen, New York Times, 17 May 2024
Later editions included a new co-author, his son Daniel, who as a boy spirited his father’s book to the basement to pore over its graphic photographs.
—Trip Gabriel, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2024
The fans pored over her social media posts to extract clues about her well-being and protested outside the courthouse at every hearing.
—Stefanie Dazio, Fortune, 10 May 2024
At Rosebud, Herr started spending his weekends at work, poring over patient charts.
—Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 7 May 2024
Online coverage of the glitzy affair always blankets media coverage as fans pore over each gown’s details.
—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
To avoid last year’s calamity, an army of veterinarians will pore over months of medical records with an assist from artificial intelligence and scrutinize horses each morning with the critical eye of a diamond jeweler.
—Melissa Hoppert, New York Times, 2 May 2024
Working with a Japanese linguist, investigators pored over about 9,700 pages of text messages between the two men and found no mentions of sports betting or any of the bookmakers Mizuhara had been dealing with.
—Michael S. Schmidt, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024
Invited in 1964 by the American Academy of Forensic Sciences to present a critique of the Warren Report, Dr. Wecht spent nearly a year poring over the underlying data.
—Clay Risen, New York Times, 17 May 2024
Later editions included a new co-author, his son Daniel, who as a boy spirited his father’s book to the basement to pore over its graphic photographs.
—Trip Gabriel, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2024
The fans pored over her social media posts to extract clues about her well-being and protested outside the courthouse at every hearing.
—Stefanie Dazio, Fortune, 10 May 2024
At Rosebud, Herr started spending his weekends at work, poring over patient charts.
—Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 7 May 2024
Online coverage of the glitzy affair always blankets media coverage as fans pore over each gown’s details.
—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
To avoid last year’s calamity, an army of veterinarians will pore over months of medical records with an assist from artificial intelligence and scrutinize horses each morning with the critical eye of a diamond jeweler.
—Melissa Hoppert, New York Times, 2 May 2024
Working with a Japanese linguist, investigators pored over about 9,700 pages of text messages between the two men and found no mentions of sports betting or any of the bookmakers Mizuhara had been dealing with.
—Michael S. Schmidt, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
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“Pore over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pore%20over. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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