pore over
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Month after month, staffers have to pore over microscopic changes to SSI beneficiaries’ living arrangements and family members’ incomes and assets.
From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026
They meticulously pore over every detail, these ski technicians — commonly referred to as ski techs — whose work is graded in milliseconds.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026
Fed officials most certainly will pore over this week’s data points before their next rate-setting meeting at the end of January.
From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026
Decisions to pore over, front pages to splash, predictions to make.
From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025
When we dutifully arrived with the papers, she would pore over them carefully, searching—“Okay... okay... here it is!”—grabbing the little form and filling it out.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
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