streak of bad luck

and string of bad luck

a series of events that are only bad luck. After a long string of bad luck, we finally got a lucky break.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Maxene	mak-SEEN	English (Rare)
Pace	[peis]
Helle (1)	HEL-le	Danish
DŨNg	-	Vietnamese
Nikola (2)	NEE-ko-lah (German)	German, Polish, Czech, Slovak
Nebuchadnezzar	-	Ancient Near Eastern (Anglicized), Biblical