dismount
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After a flawless run, McClenaghan's coach Luke Carson had his head on his hands just before the dismount.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2024
When she landed her double-flipping, single-twisting dismount, Biles clapped three times and blew a kiss to the crowd after the routine that would give her a 0.1660-point advantage going into the final rotation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 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
The hounds were bark-ing wildly as he helped Esgred dismount.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Brooklyn Moors and Campbell stuck their dismounts en route to 9.900 scores.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2025
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
Speaking of dismounts, bailing on your bike is an inevitability.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2022
And they weren’t watching him because he was so good at doing dismounts from the parallel bars.
From "Orbiting Jupiter" by Gary D. Schmidt
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
She reached both of her arms above her head when Moors dismounted the beam and wrapped her in a tight hug.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 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
The Hunt had dismounted, too, and the riders were ranged around the three of them in a loose ring, as if to prevent them from running away.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
“You can give yourselves a hand,” shouted Olfa Mazouz, dismounting on the sidewalk.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2023
Then — after dismounting — the rider will try to restrain it by tying three legs together, in as short a time as possible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 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
They said he had the prohibited device entering the winner’s circle and prior to dismounting.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2021
Chaol didn’t reply, and only glanced at her before dismounting.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
