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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Yazid’s compendious memory included a remarkable store of cricket scores and batting averages and matches and catches and stumpings, all the minutiae that a quick-witted boy poring over the newspaper in a tea stall between customers might graze upon.
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Daniyal Mueenuddin, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
The British newspaper The Telegraph was among outlets that revealed the details of the 28-point plan, which will be pored over by world leaders.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
Investigators are poring over ship security records, including security camera footage and access-card swipes, to get a picture of who was where at the various times prior to her death, the source said.
—Brian Hartman, ABC News, 19 Nov. 2025
Jurors will have to pore over cellphone data, which prosecutors say placed Yabronny Martinez Fernandez and Hendrick Pena Fernandez inside the airport's parking garage when the shooting happened in October 2023.
—Brandon Goldner, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025
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Daniyal Mueenuddin, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
The British newspaper The Telegraph was among outlets that revealed the details of the 28-point plan, which will be pored over by world leaders.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
Investigators are poring over ship security records, including security camera footage and access-card swipes, to get a picture of who was where at the various times prior to her death, the source said.
—Brian Hartman, ABC News, 19 Nov. 2025
Jurors will have to pore over cellphone data, which prosecutors say placed Yabronny Martinez Fernandez and Hendrick Pena Fernandez inside the airport's parking garage when the shooting happened in October 2023.
—Brandon Goldner, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025
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“Pore over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pore%20over. Accessed 3 Dec. 2025.
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