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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The restrictions come as investigators continue to pore over an area of the Potomac River where the two aircraft went down. —

Tom Bowman, NPR, 31 Jan. 2025 Functionally, that means meeting for hours at a time to pore over bar graphs and pie charts and debate the minutiae of immunization efficacy. —

Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2025 Sitting at a table inside his bungalow at The Beverly Hills Hotel, his faithful Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Charlie snoring near his feet, Davis pores over his opening remarks for his Saturday soiree, blue inking through some comments, spotlighting others. —

Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2025 The two investigators spent six months poring over thousands of documents in case files for crimes that were never solved. —

Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for pore over