: any of a breed of toy dogs with a long silky white coat, a black nose, and very dark eyes
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And there’s Gus, Kim’s beloved white Maltese, who was her constant companion for 17 years until his death in 2023.—Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025 Artists performing on the festival stages include Japanese Breakfast, Yung Gravy, Matt Maltese, Artemas, iann dior, Eric Bellinger, GROOVY, Billy Currington, and Lindsey Stirling.—Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 20 June 2025 There are songs in 20 languages this year, including Ukrainian, Icelandic, Albanian, Latvian and Maltese.—Jill Lawless, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2025 Hers marks the first record that Maltese has produced entirely himself since 2020’s hushed and reflective Krystal.—Sophie Williams, Billboard, 15 May 2025 Against the backdrop of segregation, disenfranchisement and violence, Martinez appears to have claimed a lineage – Maltese – that the 1910 census categorized as white.—Chelsea Stieber, The Conversation, 14 May 2025 The frightened Maltese was swimming in circles, but Desalvo and his colleagues were able to pull her to safety.—Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 10 May 2025 Through its ‘golden passport’ program, Malta enabled foreigners to acquire Maltese – and thereby EU – citizenship, raising hundreds of millions of euros for the country.—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025 All told, the other top candidates who could be elevated to the zenith of the Catholic Church are four Italians, one Spanish, one French, one Ghanaian and one Maltese.—Ignacio Calderon, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
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