Maginot
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Nicholson says there was a team of people who policed placement of Semiotic Standard, the color-coded information symbols designed by Ron Cobb for the Nostromo spacecraft, on Maginot.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2025
Naming the ship Maginot, after a famously failed French defense in World War I, is clearly a little joke for history buffs, and also apt.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2025
The Maginot is a science vessel that has collected alien samples though, and that means the xenomorph is not the only creature that’s made it to our planet.
From Salon • Jul. 21, 2025
The series’ American and local Thai crew worked together to go through “Alien” frame by frame to recreate that specific retro-futuristic look for the Maginot, complete with tactile hulls and cathode-ray tube screens.
From Salon • Jul. 17, 2025
“Well, everybody calls her Miss Maginot Line. Ain’t you scared?”
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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