hayride
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Pull a wagon out to the pumpkin patch to find the perfect canvas for a jack-o’-lantern, or take a tractor-pulled hayride out to explore.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 15, 2022
Explore the bakery and shop, feed the farm animals or take a hayride or pony ride.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 8, 2022
If you want to make a proper outing of it after hitting up the tire maze, narrated hayride and soak up the live music.
From Fox News ● Sep. 21, 2021
Because of the pandemic last year, the hayride was converted into a drive-through event and moved to San Dimas, with guests driving past spooky scenes before parking to watch short films in a drive-in setting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2021
“Weren’t you going upstate tomorrow? Wasn’t Troy taking you on some hayride or something?”
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
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Dubbed “Stars, Stripes and Country Nights,” it will include hayrides, a bonfire and a country-music band, said Susan Mantell, the party chairwoman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2025
Along with Northeast mini-chain Stew Leonard's, which boasts hayrides and Halloween "drive-through Spooktaculars," Aldi goes all-out for autumn.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2022
Pumpkin Festival at Butler’s Orchard: From a pick-your-own pumpkin field to hayrides to giant slides, the annual festival at Butler’s Orchard has something to delight every child.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 15, 2021
The event, which has been quite crowded in the past, includes scary hayrides, trick-or-treating in the spooky town of Midnight Falls, a “midnight mortuary” haunted house, Scare Zone haunted mazes and Dead End Diner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2021
Besides all the presents and games and fancy things to eat, we have had hayrides and skating parties and candy pulls.
From Dear Enemy by Webster, Jean
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