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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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.
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Michael S. Schmidt, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
Advocates on both sides of the bill were poring over the 75-page amendment Tuesday to understand the changes.
—Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
As agents pore over the evidence gathered from the searches, some are hearing about Star Island for the first time.
—Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2024
Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter is finally here and fans of both country and pop are poring over the album.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2024
Clothes that make clear every single piece has been pored over.
—Alice Newbold, Vogue, 27 Mar. 2024
Spending time poring over manuscripts to offer thoughtful and incisive critique as a peer reviewer is one of academia’s most thankless jobs.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Feb. 2024
So to try to fix Voyager 1's current woes, the dozen or so people on Dodd's team have had to pore over yellowed documents and old mimeographs.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 6 Mar. 2024
Since the files were first published, security researchers have been poring over their contents and analyzing the documentation.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 24 Feb. 2024
Michael S. Schmidt, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
Advocates on both sides of the bill were poring over the 75-page amendment Tuesday to understand the changes.
—Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
As agents pore over the evidence gathered from the searches, some are hearing about Star Island for the first time.
—Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2024
Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter is finally here and fans of both country and pop are poring over the album.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2024
Clothes that make clear every single piece has been pored over.
—Alice Newbold, Vogue, 27 Mar. 2024
Spending time poring over manuscripts to offer thoughtful and incisive critique as a peer reviewer is one of academia’s most thankless jobs.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Feb. 2024
So to try to fix Voyager 1's current woes, the dozen or so people on Dodd's team have had to pore over yellowed documents and old mimeographs.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 6 Mar. 2024
Since the files were first published, security researchers have been poring over their contents and analyzing the documentation.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 24 Feb. 2024
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“Pore over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pore%20over. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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