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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Artificial intelligence is also being used to pore over 20 years worth of records, Kesse said, and could be used to get better images from the surveillance footage of the individual who dumped her car.
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Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2026
The days of doing anything other than poring over business plans and debugging code will seem far away; eight hours of sleep will be as foreign a concept as the idea of cooking a full meal and actually sitting at a kitchen table to eat it.
—Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Not an easy thing to find on the moon’s hummocky far side, but mission planners pored over maps made by lunar satellites and chose a prime location about 24 degrees south of the lunar equator.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Jan. 2026
With a week of Rihanna ’fits to pore over, consider this your foolproof Fenty guide to effortlessly cool winter styling.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 19 Jan. 2026
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Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2026
The days of doing anything other than poring over business plans and debugging code will seem far away; eight hours of sleep will be as foreign a concept as the idea of cooking a full meal and actually sitting at a kitchen table to eat it.
—Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Not an easy thing to find on the moon’s hummocky far side, but mission planners pored over maps made by lunar satellites and chose a prime location about 24 degrees south of the lunar equator.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Jan. 2026
With a week of Rihanna ’fits to pore over, consider this your foolproof Fenty guide to effortlessly cool winter styling.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 19 Jan. 2026
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“Pore over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pore%20over. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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