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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

South East England relies more heavily on groundwater - where rainfall is stored beneath the surface in pore spaces and fractures in the rock.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Their findings, published in Science Advances, suggest that the apparent chemical reactivity of nanoconfined water depends strongly on factors such as density, pore size, wall flexibility, and surface chemistry.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 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

Then Matthew and Cara pore over a map, examining different routes to get through the compound to the Weapons Lab.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

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

Its combination of larger pores, carefully organized pore sizes, and high surface area helped the catalyst overcome the usual tradeoff between activity and stability.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026

At the start of frying, the tiny pores inside a potato are still filled with water, leaving little room for oil.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

The frigid air conditioning made his pores shrink.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner

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

Investors are also gearing up for the latest earnings season, which will be pored over for an idea about the outlook for the AI industry.

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

In public, every move he makes is being pored over to an incredible degree.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

He pored over his copy of the Journal the next morning and found several beaten down stocks to buy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

He pored over “Old Waldo” Emerson and ruminated on the philosopher’s essay on “Compensation.”

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

It requires poring over difficult books and patiently listening to what others have to say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 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

At ten, Monique had begun poring over a mail-order doll catalog as if it were a book—expensive dolls, with names and stories and historical outfits, absurdly detailed and even more absurdly expensive.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng



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