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Unlike with termites, you usually don’t need to worry that they have tunneled into framing or floor joists, because carpenter bees typically stay in wood that’s on the exterior surface.

From Washington Post • Sep. 6, 2022

By late August, billions of cicada nymphs will have tunneled underground and started their incredible 17-year life cycle again.

From Washington Post • Jul. 21, 2021

As if mining a new gold rush, streaming services have tunneled into Sundance, scooping up dozens of festival titles.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2020

He was also an ardent foe of Westway, the proposed $2 billion highway in Manhattan that would have tunneled under a man-made park on the Lower West Side.

From New York Times • May 22, 2017

He must have tunneled in about twenty-five feet when the roof caved again.

From The Highgrader by Hutchison, D. C.