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This is different from the pastime counterfactuals enjoyed after the fact by barfly drunks and social media idiots.—Kyle Wagner, New York Daily News, 3 June 2026 In his interview with The Canadian Press, Seymour said that McLean, who played a barfly in a season 7 episode of Virgin River, visited him in Los Angeles last month.—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 23 May 2026 Most recently, McLean played a barfly on a 2026 episode of Virgin River, the Netflix drama that films in British Columbia.—Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026 Hawke renders Hart as the most erudite barfly to buzz around mid-century Manhattan.—Kyle McGovern, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for barfly