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pore over (third-person singular simple present pores over, present participle poring over, simple past and past participle pored over)
- (transitive) To examine something (especially written material) carefully and attentively.
2015 March 4, Louise Taylor, The Guardian:While the pictures of what precisely unfolded after Cissé looked to tread on Evans are not entirely conclusive, the Football Association will surely pore over them on Thursday before quite possibly using video evidence to impose lengthy retrospective bans stemming from an incident unseen by Anthony Taylor, the referee.
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