Maginot
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Morrow was the chief security officer on the Maginot, the Weyland-Yutani deep space research vessel that crash-lands in Prodigy territory and carries several lethal extraterrestrial species.
From Salon • Sep. 8, 2025
And the looks for the Maginot crew had to riff off the well-established uniform basis of the Nostromo and the Weylan-Yutani system.
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
“No plates are out. The Maginot Line didn’t eat out of one of Mama’s plates. Besides, Mama would just fuss all day if we told her.”
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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