Maginot
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“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
An inside look at the Maginot spacecraft in FX’s “Alien: Earth.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2025
Everything changes once a Weyland-Yutani Corporation spaceship, the Maginot, crashes into Prodigy City.
From Salon • Aug. 5, 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
The Maginot Line put a fat hand on one of the folds of her stomach and laughed.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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