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Before this past season, the Rams bent to Stafford’s demand to adjust his contract.

It left him with what he calls "a bent for self-destruction."

The 22-year-old did not play a warm-up tournament before the opening Grand Slam of the season after suffering a back spasm when she bent down to tie a shoelace.

But it may suit the ideological bent of four justices — the minimum number required to place a case on the Supreme Court docket.

As structures collapsed and pipes melted or bent, water likely gushed out, further reducing pressure.