bad patch

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The team has hit a bad patch of form — winless in six games — but has a strong track record in recent major tournaments.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2022

Last month, when India's Virat Kohli was going through a bad patch in England, Pakistani star Babar Azam sent him a message: "This too shall pass. Stay strong."

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2022

Sometimes the grown Li’l Bit needs to pause and steel herself before reenacting a bad patch.

From Washington Post • Oct. 16, 2018

Seriously, it made me feel human, even though I was going through a bad patch.

From Slate • Jan. 10, 2017

Giving up the bad patch as hopeless, I would go on and, after I had left it behind, discover the dynamite capable of blasting it.

From The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander