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Words that End in "-ough"

Name these common words that end with "-ough", with some exceptions. There are several prefix/compound words in this one, so to make your life easier, they are tan instead of light blue.
Words under 0.000003% usage on Google Ngram are omitted.
Tan words share a strong link to another word on the quiz.
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Last updated: August 2, 2023
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First submittedJanuary 19, 2023
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Although
Borough
Bough
Breakthrough
Cough
Dough
Enough
Furlough
Hiccough
Lough
Plough
Rough
Slough (Slough off)
Sough
Sourdough
Though
Thorough
Through
Tough
Trough
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6 Comments
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Level 70
Jan 19, 2023
Nice quiz! By the way, sorry to nitpick, but tough and though are out of order alphabetically

Edit: All the T words are out of order alphabetically!

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Level 83
Jan 19, 2023
Well that won’t do. Fixed! I appreciate having my nits picked. I don’t like having errors, even minor ones.
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Level 88
May 19, 2023
"Slough" (without "(Slough off)") ought to get credit.
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Level 83
May 19, 2023
Oh wow. I was such a young and naive quiz maker back then. Thank you for noticing!
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Level 79
Aug 2, 2023
I think you missed thorough? More likely that I'm just losing my marbles though lol
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Level 83
Aug 2, 2023
Oh dear. I missed quite a few words!