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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

He dismounts in one easy movement and starts taking off his gloves one finger at a time.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness