{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"The Best Car In The World! - DWA! Podcast Ep. #930","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/the-best-car-in-the-world-dwa-podcast-ep-930","audioUrl":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/6794699a-7b44-46a8-8e5c-5d60348332b8/9d0cf73e-f8ab-42d1-b22c-9a7fe76f6544/episodes/audio/group/3f579a16-448a-43fa-bc83-ded9be2d472c/group-item/b607a137-e343-431f-9e71-baec92cf1366/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=LD5YSw3I","description":"On this episode of the DWA! Podcast we talk about the Singer Turbo, Rally Prep, and more.\n"},"annotations":[{"startTime":12.1,"endTime":14.9,"type":"term","title":"license plate","url":"/glossary/license-plate","quote":"What about the people that put their fingers over the license plate?","canonicalId":"term:license-plate","priority":0.5,"confidence":0.9,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"The license plate is the legal identification of a vehicle. 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