pore over
phrasal verb
pored over; poring over; pores over
: to read or study (something) very carefully
He pored over the map for hours.
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Dad could often be found poring over the newspaper in the morning and a John Grisham in the evening.
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Nina West
september 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
Some of our employees pored over the options and made their dining choices days before the retreat.
—Chintan Shah, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Activists and lawmakers have pored over these messages in search of meaning and motive.
—Richard Hall, Time, 13 Sep. 2025
Analysts like him would pore over positive duplicates of negatives, examining them under a micro-stereoscope to see sites in three dimensions.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
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Nina West
september 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
Some of our employees pored over the options and made their dining choices days before the retreat.
—Chintan Shah, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Activists and lawmakers have pored over these messages in search of meaning and motive.
—Richard Hall, Time, 13 Sep. 2025
Analysts like him would pore over positive duplicates of negatives, examining them under a micro-stereoscope to see sites in three dimensions.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pore over
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“Pore over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pore%20over. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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