: a pleasure ride usually at night by a group in a wagon, sleigh, or open truck partly filled with straw or hay
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Post-hayride, visitors can enjoy the free block party on Beekman Avenue, featuring live music, entertainment, family-friendly activities, and more.
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Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
The stress among the friend group about their costume theme is giving me more anxiety than a haunted hayride.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 4 Oct. 2025
His father performed cowboy songs in both English and Spanish to guests enjoying a hayride or picnic in the desert.
—Douglas C. Towne, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Hop on a hayride, meet mules and miniature horses and shop for goods from craft vendors and food trucks.
—Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2025
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Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
The stress among the friend group about their costume theme is giving me more anxiety than a haunted hayride.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 4 Oct. 2025
His father performed cowboy songs in both English and Spanish to guests enjoying a hayride or picnic in the desert.
—Douglas C. Towne, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Hop on a hayride, meet mules and miniature horses and shop for goods from craft vendors and food trucks.
—Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Hayride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hayride. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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