Chalmers said he knew the insurgents' campaign "had failed tactically because we could hear their conversations … and the local nationals were almost oblivious to it".
But he also created an image for himself as a quirky player who could be almost oblivious to what was going on around him -- in the clubhouse, for sure, but sometimes it seemed in the field and on the basepaths.
"They have seen so much horror they are almost oblivious to it," he says, describing market stallholders who still sell produce, despite there being less stock and dramatic price rises, and children who still go to school, though often in makeshift, underground classrooms.
I couldn't help but chuckle over the fact that we were living out the plot of Dégradé, which tells the story of several women in a hair salon who are almost oblivious to the mini-war that is going on outside.
Fortunately, the training part can be performed in the period of limited use (such as system initialization or at midnight each day) and is almost oblivious for the use of iris recognition.
Mr. Lewis says the "welcome home" process for veterans can be rocky, with American society almost oblivious to "what war is, what it does and what we're doing overseas".
Problem is, we're almost completely oblivious to the regressive aspects of our tax system.
The authors argue that while hostile uses of neuroscience and related technologies are ever more likely, scientists remain almost oblivious to the dual uses of their research.
But on this day, Krystle's ebullience was that of a healthy child; she seemed almost oblivious to her condition.
He seemed almost oblivious to the fact that his spot in the rotation was in jeopardy.
