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After initially bristling at the idea of coming off the bench in a contract year, Lamar Odom seems to have warmed to the role.

The merchants got rich but few warmed to the Assads or their Alawite cronies, who have behaved like mafiosi, demanding a slice of every pie.

"When he first walked into the Oval Office, he seemed a little awe-struck, " Krogh recalls, "but he quickly warmed to the situation. "

Somewhat embarrassingly, however, the two bears do not appear to have warmed to each other.

Saline was used to provide conduction between the ultrasound transducer and skin, and the testes were warmed to 37 degrees centigrade.

He seems frustrated that Canadians have not warmed to his attacks on Mr Harper for violating democratic principles.

Gallas was a great Chelsea player but not a player I ever warmed to as a personality.

Sensing, the interest of the audience, the speaker warmed to his topic.

In the mouth, food is either cooled or warmed to a more suitable temperature.

Consistency: Very viscous liquid, needs to be warmed to dispense.

As I warmed to the topic the Ambassador exclaimed, "More calm, please, my dear Mr. Churchill. "

During these meetings we warmed to the vendors to a laughable degree.

Either way, Apple has warmed to the idea of a seven-inch device.

In particular, the faculty has warmed to the programme: "The students are smart and willing to go with ideas. "

The talks went well, and Adams warmed to the idea of making a career-changing move.

In Virginia, moderates and independents warmed to Mr McDonnell's themes of reduced taxes.

Mr. Inman said readers then "warmed to" the fictional editions.

Other EU leaders have warmed to this self-righteous theme.

Germans were loth to give up the D-mark in 1999 and have never warmed to the euro.

I warmed to her immediately.

Nigeria and South Africa, the continent's military giants, have warmed to Africom in the past year.

The more he spoke, the more he warmed to this subject.

Liu warmed to the familiar lilt of Hunan dialect.

He's never particular warmed to anybody.

Since I've moved to America I've warmed to baseball.

Many of us warmed to the new employee AT once.

he warmed to our future queen.

Tom began -- hesitatingly at first, but as he warmed to his subject his words flowed more and more easily;