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
Ennius	-	Ancient Roman
Israel	IZ-ray-əl (English), IZ-ree-əl (English)	Jewish, English, Biblical, Biblical Greek
Cindy	['sindi]
Martynas	-	Lithuanian
Nurit	-	Hebrew
Karlee	KAHR-lee	English (Modern)