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She has pored over local texts from the 16th and 17th centuries.

From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025

Often working at home, she has pored over satellite data to spot decreases in vegetation greenness during drought, a telltale sign of die-off caused by declining aquifer levels.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2024

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

I can truly say I never comprehended Shakespeare before; and my husband was pleased to declare that he never himself understood him so well, though he has pored over the Plays all his life.

From Memories of Hawthorne by Lathrop, Rose Hawthorne