poring

Maybe I’ve missed it in poring over the Pathfinder RPG and Bestiary, but despite there being random encounter tables, I can find no place where they assign a chance of a random encounter happening.

Life In The Big City – Gather Information « Geek Related 2009

I recall poring over that book during long evenings.

Nancy Fuchs Kreimer: In the Spittin' Image of God Nancy Fuchs Kreimer 2010

I recall poring over that book during long evenings.

Nancy Fuchs Kreimer: In the Spittin' Image of God Nancy Fuchs Kreimer 2010

Wales recalls poring through the old and new versions and attaching the stickers while analyzing each advancement in fields like space exploration.

IT'S LIKE A BLOG, BUT IT'S A WIKI 2007

She grew up with an interest in western art, and recalls poring over tiny reproductions of old masters printed at the back of her Larousse dictionary.

The Guardian World News Laura Barnett 2010

Can I tell Miss Snark exactly how happy it makes me that she says "poring" over the blog rather than "pouring" over it, an unfortunate error I have seen not just in online correspondance, but in newspapers, books, and supposedly literary magazines.

This isn't about me. Miss Snark 2006

I think, considering Miss Snark's stated fondness for the gin pail, that both 'poring' and 'pouring' over the slush pile would apply.

This isn't about me. Miss Snark 2006

Each "poring" o'er ledgers that wouldn't come straight,

Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 20, August 13, 1870 Various

She went to work with a will that day, and every time Dorothy glanced over at her (for Dorothy was as anxious for her success as if it were entirely her own affair) she would see Tavia "poring" over her book as if her very life depended upon her accomplishing just so much work and she was bound she would do it.

Dorothy Dale : a girl of today Margaret Penrose

Because, if it relates to the inspection thereof, the word is 'poring'.

Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010