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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Everton and other stakeholders are still poring over the findings from the first test event.
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Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
And indeed, based on data from Zhurong, which researchers on Earth are still poring over, that speculation was right.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 25 Feb. 2025
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
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Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
And indeed, based on data from Zhurong, which researchers on Earth are still poring over, that speculation was right.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 25 Feb. 2025
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
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“Pore over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pore%20over. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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