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pore

[pawr, pohr] / pɔr, poʊr /
NOUN
small aperture in skin
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His film has ill will spewing from every pore, a complete loathing for humanity.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

Both have large pore volumes and high specific surface areas, properties that make them well suited for trapping gas molecules.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Upstairs, children pore over schoolbooks, mothers prepare lunch and television sets flicker in cramped living rooms, all against the constant background noise of shredders whining and baling presses pounding below.

From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026

Clients expect discretion from advisers as they pore over financial details and craft strategies for pitching the company to investors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

The very phrases were worn so threadbare that they evoked no image except that of a turbaned "character" leaking sawdust at every pore as he pursued a tiger through the Bois de Boulogne.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Visible pores, blackheads, blemishes, pigmentation, redness and scarring are all very normal for teenage skin, says Dr Kentley.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

"Our findings show that hydrogen production depends not only on the amount of magnetite present, but also on how easily water can access fresh mineral surfaces through fractures, pores and permeable pathways."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026

This field, known as nanocell engineering, seeks to create cell-like structures with specialized surfaces and internal pores or cavities.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

After the gel is placed on a tooth, it forms a thin but durable coating that penetrates the tooth's surface and fills small cracks, pores, and other damaged areas.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026

That, along with the fact that I could push up on the end of my nose and make oil pop out of my pores, was just one of my special talents.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers

In creating “Actually, Nevermind,” Tomlinson pored through her mother’s diary, deciding to include a few excerpts in the finished book.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

You can tell he loves his work and despite having pored over these documents for years, he's still awestruck by their content.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

Next week's results from Microsoft, Meta and Amazon will be pored over for their capital spending plans.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

To decide what to fund, staffers with deep expertise typically pored over reams of information on abuses under the most repressive regimes and held an open competition to fund groups to work in those countries.

From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026

He pored over it for some time without speaking.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Tomé’s story echoed those I’ve heard from other board members, who spend hours poring over financial audits but little time auditing people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

I spent weeks at a time poring over old social media posts.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

One evening, poring through the picturesque archives at the Yale Club while researching her monograph on memory and mind palace theory, Béatrice stumbles upon a curious audiotape.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026

Law enforcement consultants, media and citizen sleuths have been poring over the case with no success - and details made public this week from ransom notes raise only more questions.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

And Krum just sat in the library, poring over books.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling



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