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
And so Tchaikovsky’s Fifth and Sixth Symphonies emerged more fully characterized than did the Fourth, though all were delivered with considerable oomph.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025
Mookie Betts put some oomph on the end of the Dodgers’ arm-waving, hip-shaking, hit celebration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2025
Owen landed on his back with an oomph that took his breath away, and he slid to a stop.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
