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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Some of our employees pored over the options and made their dining choices days before the retreat.
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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
Leafing through this album was like poring over beloved relics from my fashion-magazine-loving youth.
—Jillian Steinhauer, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
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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
Leafing through this album was like poring over beloved relics from my fashion-magazine-loving youth.
—Jillian Steinhauer, New Yorker, 5 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 19 Sep. 2025.
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