be oblivious to
Example Sentences
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They also note that their superiors may be oblivious to the parallel conversations that are now a key part of meeting culture.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025
It’s not too surprising that those who don’t bear the scars of empire or colonization would be oblivious to its harms, especially given that history isn’t widely taught.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2022
HBO’s documentary is a darkly hilarious story of government squandering resources to concoct preposterous crimes whose supposed victims are enriched by pretending to be oblivious to them.
From Washington Post • Mar. 26, 2020
“But once you think about it, you can’t be oblivious to the obvious. You have to recognize how this country was founded.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2017
You can be oblivious to the sound for a long while, then in a second of ticking it can create in the mind unbroken the long diminishing parade of time you didn’t hear.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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