underground

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Drawn into underground communist politics as a teenager, he was 21 when arrested in 1973 for campaigning to overthrow the king.

From Barron's

The Palisades fire was a holdover from the Jan. 1 Lachman fire, which continued to smolder and burn underground until kicked up by heavy winds on Jan. 7.

From Los Angeles Times

The survey is the latest evidence that the raids upended parts of the Los Angeles economy as some residents here illegally went underground and employers lost workers amid the arrests.

From Los Angeles Times

The underground cavity was detected through detailed radar data analysis as part of a project supported by the Italian Space Agency.

From Science Daily

For the past six months, Brian Kennedy has been living next to an underground fire burning at temperatures of up to 500C.

From BBC