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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

They also studied dissolved inorganic carbon found in tiny spaces between sediment particles, known as pore water.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 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

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

I’m sweating from every pore as I walk, my socks squishy and my shirt sticking to my back.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender

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

Its stomata, the tiny pores that normally take in CO2 and release oxygen during the day, remain closed while the sun is up, reducing water loss through evaporation.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

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

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

He wanted to pull off his clothes and roll in the snow until something nourishing seeped into his body through the pores of his skin.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

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

Their first office back in 2010 was Allemann’s kitchen, where they pored over shoe prototypes and financial spreadsheets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 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

I pored over them, made notes in the margins.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

It left Kevin poring over clues for who might be responsible.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 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

The screening process can also include poring over artists’ social media, according to Julie Coulter, the owner of J. Coulter & Co.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Most of them are foreign-looking people in shorts and jeans with light hair and glasses and fair skin burnt pink, some chatting, some poring over books.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau


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