dismount
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It means from September, cyclists will have to dismount through an area of around 30 streets.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
After a flawless run, McClenaghan's coach Luke Carson had his head on his hands just before the dismount.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2024
He stuck his dismount on high bar to anchor the United States’ fourth rotation and keep the team in third place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2024
Applied to TV, sticking the landing suggests that a finale is the equivalent of a vaulter’s dismount.
From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2024
I could have thrown a triple-somersault full-layout dismount, and he wouldn’t have said a thing.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
The team’s dismounts were nearly perfect against Nebraska, especially on the balance beam.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2026
It’s around 1919 and Ernest is wearing his World War I uniform when he dismounts a train in Fairfax, an Oklahoma boomtown where luxury cars rumble down dirt roads.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2024
By now, he may have learned the wisdom of George Ball, the Kennedy administration diplomat who opposed the escalation of the Vietnam War: "He who rides the tiger cannot choose where he dismounts."
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2022
She has two tumbling pass dismounts named after her in the sport’s Code of Points.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 31, 2021
He dismounts and pulls us close to the cart.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
A week later, in the Bruins’ home debut against Illinois, she dismounted early during a beam routine, scoring below a 9 for the first time in her career.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2025
Borglum dismounted from his horse, climbed up the mountain face in an ascot, golf pants, and cowboy hat, and began to transform Rushmore into the political monument we know today.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2025
The Israeli troops dismounted and spread out in the yard, and began searching the basement and entering buildings.
From Reuters ● Nov. 15, 2023
The huge effort took its toll as he dismounted and sat on the tarmac to get his breath back, before being congratulated by a Soudal Quick-Step teammate.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
About a hundred yards from Booth’s camp, Jones dismounted, walked slowly, and whistled the secret signal as he came within earshot of the assassins.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
The key stunt in the franchise’s seventh installment involves Cruise driving a motorcycle off the edge of a cliff, dismounting and parachuting into a Norwegian valley.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2023
“You can give yourselves a hand,” shouted Olfa Mazouz, dismounting on the sidewalk.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2023
The video shows a cyclist moving along a street in Bucha, dismounting and walking a bicycle around the corner onto a street occupied by Russian soldiers.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2022
After dismounting from their horses due to the rugged terrain, they encountered three migrants and took them into custody as a fourth migrant started running downhill into a canyon.
From Fox News ● Feb. 23, 2022
“Callie Vee,” he said, dismounting his bike, “I got a telegram here for Mr. Tate.”
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
