pore
verb (used without object)
to read or study with steady attention or application.
have been poring
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present perfect progressiveof pore.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Lawyers, bondholders and banking analysts have been poring over the bond documentation to see if it allowed for the wipe-out.
From Reuters ● Mar. 23, 2023
For an entire year, federal agents in almost every state have been poring over mounting stacks of tipster reports, interviews with witnesses, public social media posts and private messages obtained by warrants.
From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2022
Since 2019, scientists at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research have been poring over every detail of Massive Attack's last tour.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2021
Teachers on Owens’ Facebook group have been poring over the language of the executive order, which experts say leaves much latitude for interpretation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2020
The only person known to me was little Julius Laspara, who seemed to have been poring over the map, his feet twined tightly round the chair-legs.
From Under Western Eyes by Joseph Conrad
