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pore

[pawr, pohr] / pɔr, poʊr /
NOUN
small aperture in skin
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Lenders and insurers will pore over the new maps; homeowners should study them too.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

The isotopic makeup of the pore water helped the team determine where that material came from.

From Science Daily Aug. 3, 2026

To get a full picture of Aidan’s health history, a clinician had to pore through paper records, relying on memory to weave disparate facts together.

From MarketWatch Jun. 27, 2026

With no earnings to pore over, investors will be focused on the economic data—and what they have seen recently looks troublesome.

From Barron's May 29, 2026

Fidelito looked so fierce with his scrawny chest thrust out and revolution blazing from every pore that both Matt and Chacho broke down with hysterical laughter.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

The researchers also carefully controlled the size and volume of the pores.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

That creates a prolonged suction effect, allowing oil to move into the newly opened pores.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

Those tiny spaces exist throughout nature and technology, including nanoscale pores, membranes, and biological channels.

From Science Daily Jul. 2, 2026

Together, they identified the "natural algorithm" responsible for creating the looping veins around the pores in the leaves.

From Science Daily May 14, 2026

As she fell asleep, she was sure the smell of the midden had gotten into her pores; that there was not enough water in the camp—in all of Poland—to wash her clean.

From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen

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

Market reaction: Stocks were mixed in premarket trading after investors pored over the CPI report with one eye while keep the other eye on Warsh’s congressional testimony with the other.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

He pored over the photos, trying to latch onto something familiar, anything that looked like the face he’d seen in the mirror.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby

After weeks of poring over listings for a place for him and three roommates, Mallot finally found a four-bedroom in the historic and affluent Nob Hill district.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

Amateur held there, and poring over hole locations, yardage books and old course markings.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2026

Investors are poring over the details, looking for tidbits that can give them an edge in valuing Elon Musk’s rocket company.

From Barron's May 20, 2026

Now, Wall Street is poring over which companies will be the winners in the race to meet that increased demand.

From MarketWatch May 18, 2026

I walked back to Emma, still poring over her massive book.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs



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