pore
Example Sentences
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Let the officers pore over their digital maps and the soldiers gesticulate obscurely at one another on the field.
Analysts are poring over a flood of catch-up economic data as the U.S. statistics system gets back on its feet after the recent government shutdown.
The musician who once spent hours poring over hardcore zines to track down the latest 7-inch records from bands popping up around the country like outbreaks in an epidemic now turned his mania toward jazz.
From Los Angeles Times
Aerogels also rely on air-filled pores, but those pores are typically arranged in a random pattern that scatters light.
From Science Daily
Investors and other analysts of the Fed pore over every word the institution’s officials utter, looking for clues to rate decisions.
From Barron's
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