oomph

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Combine their buy the dip, chase the rip behavior with professional investors like commodity trading advisers who already followed momentum strategies, and bounces have a lot more oomph these days.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

As she tells it, the special oomph that soy sauce adds to a bake is, in a word, umami.

From Salon • Dec. 13, 2025

But acoustically they share Toyota’s genius for immediacy, transparency and sonic oomph that goes straight to the gut.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025

Some of her own MPs have grumbled privately that she has lacked oomph and cut-through in her opening months in the job.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2025

“Sometimes when you think you’ve done all you can, you have to dig down deep and find that extra oomph that helps you get through what seems like an impossible situation.”

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas