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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Fans pore over the dates, outlets feverishly rank the best and worst schedule breaks, and there are Reddit threads dedicated to debating the virality of the team’s respective efforts. Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2025 The scientists pored over more than 700 ancient Chinese poems from the Tang through the Qing dynasties that mention the Yangtze finless porpoise to find out where and when poets described seeing the animal because little is known about its population history. Marlowe Starling, CNN Money, 14 May 2025 As agents pore over the evidence gathered from the searches, some are hearing about Star Island for the first time. Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 13 May 2025 Over the next two hours, jeweler and collector pored over nearly 40 pieces, separating them into neat piles. Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 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 29 May. 2025.

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