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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

And while tech journalists and academics might pore over them trying to glean nuggets of meaning, these executive manifestos are not necessarily landing with the general public.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 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

He stacked up the gift cards and put them away in his pocket to pore over later.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

Pimples happen when tiny pores in the skin get clogged by oil, bacteria and dead skin cells.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

He pores over data every month about how people in the company are doing when it comes to key metrics such as innovation scores, growth and engagement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

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

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

That means fractures, pores, and other pathways through the rock could play a critical role in determining whether natural hydrogen can be generated efficiently enough to become a practical energy resource.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026

I thrashed my limbs in desperate abandon as it streamed into my nose and mouth, stifling me, seeping into my very pores, weighing me down.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

The footage was pored over by Naicker's team of commentators, while his phone was "WhatsApping off the hook" with messages from around the world, asking him to show it again and again.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

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

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

And whenever she was alone, Lyra took out the alethiometer and pored over it like a lover with a picture of the beloved.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

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

Even now, poring through his footage, desperately looking for clues, McElwee pines for that larger view — the one that might somehow bring the boy back to his inconsolable father.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026

He sat at one of the long curving tables, poring over manuscripts laid out like patches in a quilt.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee


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