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
But this goes well beyond a bad patch or even an affair your husband regrets; he’s clearly still trying to get it off the ground and doesn’t mind using your reputation as fuel.
From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2019
Sometimes the grown Li’l Bit needs to pause and steel herself before reenacting a bad patch.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 16, 2018
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 Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
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