The phrase "avoid discovering" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the intention to prevent someone from finding out or learning about something.
Example: "In order to maintain the surprise, we must avoid discovering the details of the event."
Alternatives: "prevent finding out" or "steer clear of uncovering".
To minimise cognitive dissonance – the gulf between what we perceive and what we believe – we either adjust our views to those of our favoured party or avoid discovering what the party really stands for.
A number of police officers - including one who moonlights as a National Review blogger - say the rule is confusing and leads officers to actively avoid discovering the immigration status of known criminals.
Otherwise, we will avoid discovering a cure for the problem and will instead merely treat its symptoms.
Be sure to comply with the instructions provided with the one that you purchase, to avoid discovering it doesn't work when you need it most.
The man, reduced to this necessity, and sensible now that destiny was not to be avoided, discovered to them the secret oracles of Veii; that it was not possible the city should be taken, until the Alban lake, which now broke forth and had found out new passages, was drawn back from that course, and so diverted that it could not mingle with the sea.
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Often, Kri works as a puzzle game, as one must take on enemies in the right order, with the right method, to avoid being discovered by other guards.
Prosecutors have said that Ms. Lowery, who had worked for Ms. Stein for about four months, had been stealing from her employer and might have killed her to avoid being discovered.
You understand it when you see how bosses live as free men or, even worse, as fugitives: forced to stay closed up in tiny, windowless bunkers to avoid being discovered by law enforcement.
