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The Buscadores meet at a petrol station on the city’s southern fringe.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
26 June 2026 Motorists line up to fill up at a petrol station in Seoul on March 9, 2026.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
16 Apr. 2026 Footage from the scene showed smoke pouring from the roof of a convenience store attached to the petrol station.—
Chris Morris,
Fortune,
24 July 2025 Quitting without trying to fix the situation is like abandoning a car that’s run out of fuel when there’s a petrol station just around the corner.—
Nono Bokete,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025 Running low on fuel and there’s no petrol station around?—
Sophie Prideaux,
Condé Nast Traveler,
13 Aug. 2024