Maginot
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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After a 65-year mission spent gathering specimens of alien life, the Maginot is on its way back to Earth when it crashes into a densely-populated city, governed by a rival corporation, Prodigy.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2025
“Our Maginot is on a different kind of mission — a research exploration mission — so the crew uniforms needed to reflect a different branch from the original.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2025
The series takes place approximately two years before the original film’s events and therefore heavily draws from that aesthetic for the Maginot.
From Salon • Jul. 17, 2025
As the “Alien: Earth” trailer revealed, five specimens were picked up by the Maginot, which Knox-Johnston compared to Charles Darwin’s Beagle expedition.
From Salon • Jul. 17, 2025
“What for? The Maginot Line? Did he find out about the Maginot Line?”
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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