The phrase "avoid encounters with the" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when advising someone to steer clear of certain situations or individuals that may lead to unwanted interactions.
Example: "To maintain a peaceful environment, it's best to avoid encounters with the aggressive neighbors."
Alternatives: "steer clear of the" or "keep away from the".
Juno will be in a polar orbit around Jupiter in order to avoid encounters with the planet's strong radiation belts, which could damage the spacecraft.
And how do I avoid encounters with the police or other authorities who may exploit me because they know there's little possibility of redress?
He sailed a route that deliberately took him away from the coast to avoid encounters with the British.
44 A masculinity culture may also be related to men's desire for self-reliance and their tendency to avoid encounters with the formal health delivery system.
We hypothesize that the mechanism of virus circulation is related to the social structure of the reservoir: bank voles are territorial and avoid encounters with conspecifics during the breeding season but share nests during winter.
Some prey species (e.g., moose [Alces alces]) even appear to select space close to humans (e.g., roads) in areas where predator (e.g., grizzly bear [Ursus arctos horribilis]) densities are high as a means to avoid encounters with human-avoiding predators [12].
Bravo ridicules the world of the well to do; TLC, instead, implicitly makes fun of the idea that those hoping to avoid encounters with creepiness or bad taste are safe beyond the realm of four-ply cashmere.
In former experiments, we found that bank vole mothers decreased their summer home ranges in the presence of shrews (Liesenjohann et al. 2011) probably by staying close to the nest or to avoid encounters with shrews.
Ms. Espinosa said she was not allowed to play in certain areas while growing up in the San Diego section of San Ysidro to avoid encounters with crossers.
Others left for the provinces: Roman Abramovich, an oil tycoon, has become governor of Chukotka in the Far East, where he can safely avoid encounters with rivals while he works to shed his oligarch image.
