pore over

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Researchers pored over more than 20 years of data from the NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, as well as more recent measurements from the agency’s James Webb Space Telescope. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 14 July 2026

Our decisions are pored over relentlessly, which is all part of the rough and tumble that goes with the job. — Graham Scott, New York Times, 9 July 2026

Instead, Chavez and Della Valle pored over passages from the Bible together. — Mica Rosenberg, ProPublica, 6 July 2026

Without transponders to follow, analysts and journalists have been left poring over satellite imagery from the region. — Weilun Soon, Fortune, 5 July 2026

Rhymes for pore over

• carryover
• changeover
• crossover
• cutover
• flashover
• hangover
• holdover
• layover
• leftover
• makeover
• moreover
• passover