underneath

In Saul Valdivia’s preschool classroom, a neon green light emanates from underneath the opaque surface of a wooden table.

On an unseasonably warm Monday nearly six days after the US government shut down, Mr Giba sits underneath the shade of a large tree chain-smoking cigarettes with fellow veterans.

Joshua Rash was living in a Sacramento encampment underneath a bridge when, officials said, a man walked toward him with a handgun, intent on taking his dog.

But Dillane conveys a restless anxiety underneath these scenes, an awareness of the tenuous nature of his support system.

It’s like he’s up again, and then all of a sudden the rug gets pulled out from underneath him again.