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
Nelly	['neli]
Tashi	-	Tibetan, Bhutanese
Raghu	-	Hinduism, Indian, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam
Frieda	FREE-dah (German), FREE-də (English)	German, English
Unique	yuw-NEEK	English (Modern)
Francis	['fra:nsis]