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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From there on out, the investigation was in the hands of the Kesse family and their private investigator — who spent months poring over the documents. —

Alex Gurley, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025 At the end of the day, Enterprise is a show best enjoyed by Star Trek fans who like to pore over the Memory Alpha wiki and familiarize themselves with Trek minutiae. —

Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2025 The days leading up to the agreement will be pored over in the months and years to come. —

Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2025 Like military tacticians planning an attack, challengers spend days, weeks, months, poring over maps, learning the layout, scouring for shortcuts and plotting their routes. —

Darryn King, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for pore over