dismount
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When Nemour stuck her double layout dismount, Lee’s jaw dropped and she clapped up a cloud of chalk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2024
After a flawless run, McClenaghan's coach Luke Carson had his head on his hands just before the dismount.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 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 laughed out loud at the reader who recalled repeatedly dashing over the walkway on a bike, ignoring the lockmaster’s shouted orders to dismount.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2023
He told Gamble to dismount and dig in along the crest of the ridge just past the seminary, facing the Rebs who would come down that road.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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
“A lot of the dismounts, especially in the floor exercise, I could have improved those.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
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
He tips his hat, steps gingerly onto the crate, and dismounts.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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
Another family dismounted their tandem bicycle to marvel at the beast.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 17, 2023
Everyone dismounted to rest and to wait out the heat of the day.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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
Buses bearing signs of their origin were parked throughout the capital, protesters dismounting from the vehicles as mariachi bands serenaded the crowds headed toward the Zócalo.
From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 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
