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
Businesses have been poring over the details of the new agreement.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2023
Agents and investigative analysts have been poring over thousands of hours of surveillance video, going second by second in each video to try to capture clear images of people who attacked officers inside the Capitol.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2022
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
I have been poring over his old-time chirography, clear-cut and beautiful as copper-plate.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake
