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por·ing over
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perusal, perusing, poring over, studyingnoun
reading carefully with intent to remember
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poring over
"Poring over" refers to studying or examining something carefully and in great detail, typically for a prolonged period of time. It often involves intense concentration and attention to detail. This could be a book, a map, a contract, a piece of art, or any other object or subject that requires close scrutiny. This phrase is often used when someone is trying to find specific information or to fully understand a complex subject.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of poring over in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of poring over in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of poring over in a Sentence
There were many sleepless nights poring over hours of footage trying to cull, not just for visuals, but also audio stuff Paul had done.
My lawyer, my mom and I were poring over documents after what happened, gathering evidence to show it wasn’t me who did it, but nobody cared, i realized they would all cover each other’s backs because Russia is a police state, and I think this is what made me leave, because I was facing my main trial, but my evidence was not being considered there, either.
It was only in 2016 after poring over all of that detailed imagery that I eventually realized that the homesteads are not a scatter of villages but parts of one entity; a city, rather than a dispersion of homesteads.
This is a tragic moment beyond words, crime scene detectives are poring over the crime scene and interviewing witnesses and family members.
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- brütete überGerman
- DépassantFrench
- poring mintHungarian
- debruçado sobrePortuguese
- 钻研Chinese
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