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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Grief’s common phases (poring over old photos, sharing beloved memories) coexist with local rituals, all while Anand’s hidden desires materialize in a rekindled friendship with childhood companion Balya.
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 5 Mar. 2025
Hedges, in turn, changed the way Garver and Heim pored over scouting reports, using heat maps to point out better ways to attack hitters.
—Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
In addition to all that, Councilmember Traci Park, who represents Pacific Palisades, is heading up the City Council’s five-member ad hoc committee on wildfire recovery, which met for five hours Thursday to pore over rebuilding strategies.
—Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2025
Everton and other stakeholders are still poring over the findings from the first test event.
—Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 5 Mar. 2025
Hedges, in turn, changed the way Garver and Heim pored over scouting reports, using heat maps to point out better ways to attack hitters.
—Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
In addition to all that, Councilmember Traci Park, who represents Pacific Palisades, is heading up the City Council’s five-member ad hoc committee on wildfire recovery, which met for five hours Thursday to pore over rebuilding strategies.
—Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2025
Everton and other stakeholders are still poring over the findings from the first test event.
—Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Pore over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pore%20over. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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