pore
verb (used without object)
to read or study with steady attention or application.
has pored
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present perfectof pore (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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She has pored over local texts from the 16th and 17th centuries.
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2025
He has pored over many of the photographs of the 4,000 bodies recovered so far.
From Reuters ● Oct. 3, 2023
In the absence of any concrete allegations from Carlsen, the chess world has pored over games and interviews of Niemann for evidence of any cheating over the board.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2022
The House select committee investigating the events of Jan. 6 has pored over thousands of hours of videos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2022
“Oh, our tutor is a learned professor, who has pored over books, and puzzled over problems, till he has grown into the shape of a note of interrogation,” replied Vibert lightly.
From The Haunted Room A Tale by A. L. O. E.
