pore over
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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The trio has also pored over California’s vintage newspapers, which are newly digitized, to find old mining companies’ reports on promising hot spots.
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Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Performance analysts are often poring over twice as many games in a week.
—Mark Critchley, New York Times, 3 May 2026
The findings appear to undercut recent speculation by online observers who have pored over video of the shootout and saw numerous agents training their weapons on Allen from different angles.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
But the fact that the movie cuts back to the staff poring over pages without ever mentioning a social-media plan, a digital breakout post, or how the video shoot of this interview will be Ginsu-ed into TikTok clips tells you how stuck in the idealized past Prada 2 is.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2026
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Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Performance analysts are often poring over twice as many games in a week.
—Mark Critchley, New York Times, 3 May 2026
The findings appear to undercut recent speculation by online observers who have pored over video of the shootout and saw numerous agents training their weapons on Allen from different angles.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
But the fact that the movie cuts back to the staff poring over pages without ever mentioning a social-media plan, a digital breakout post, or how the video shoot of this interview will be Ginsu-ed into TikTok clips tells you how stuck in the idealized past Prada 2 is.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2026
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“Pore over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pore%20over. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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