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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of pore.

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Examples

  • We now have every contentious call pored over and dissected for a week or more.

    TEAMtalk Football News 2010

  • Margot pored through the thick brochure three times without finding anything to her liking and within her budget.

    The Diary Of A Young Girl Frank, Anne, 1929-1945 1991

  • A reader recently alerted me to this shoe's existence, and though I've pored over the description that's "pored" and not "poured," which is what you do with impunity and awesome sauce and while it does have some bike-specific features I haven't been able to figure out what's "fixie" about it:

    Turning It Out: The Bicycle Mating Rituals of Spring BikeSnobNYC 2009

  • One morning after breakfast, when the sun shone bright, we walked out together, and 'pored' for some time with placid indolence upon an artificial water-fall, which Dr. Taylor had made by building a strong dyke of stone across the river behind the garden.

    Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood James Boswell 1767

  • That stopped the conversation for some time as Deng and his aides pored over the charts.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • That stopped the conversation for some time as Deng and his aides pored over the charts.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • That stopped the conversation for some time as Deng and his aides pored over the charts.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • I am glad I live in a country that can pleasantly disgaree without the hate I read on these blogs and without the fearmongering and money pored into ads and campaigns.

    Obama criticizes political motives of health care reform opponents 2009

  • As Milo pored over where else the dolls took up residence, he heard a low voice from somewhere behind him, three rooms over.

    Empty Homes, Empty Windows Peter Kispert 2011

  • This footage will be pored over in the morning, with police tactics once again under scrutiny.

    Occupy Wall Street protests - live coverage 2011

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