pore over

present singular third person pores over · participle present poring over · participle past pored over · past pored over

1. transitiveTo examine something (especially written material) carefully and attentively.

   At 2am on Sunday December 2 2001, Enron filed for the biggest bankruptcy in American history. That same day, Griffin chartered a Gulfstream jet and immediately dispatched 16 of his top executives directly to Houston to pore over the corporate carcass.

   2026 June 23, Robin Wigglesworth, “Citadel: the hedge fund that became an energy giant”, in Financial Times

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   While the pictures of what precisely unfolded after Cissé looked to tread on Evans are not entirely conclusive, the Football Association will surely pore over them on Thursday before quite possibly using video evidence to impose lengthy retrospective bans stemming from an incident unseen by Anthony Taylor, the referee.

   2015 March 4, Louise Taylor, The Guardian