The phrase "avoid shoals" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to navigation, metaphorically referring to steering clear of obstacles or difficulties.
Example: "To ensure a smooth journey, it's essential to avoid shoals that could hinder our progress."
Alternatives: "steer clear of hazards" or "evade obstacles".
For example, three-spined sticklebacks avoided shoaling with conspecifics infected with the ectoparasite Argulus canadensis in a choice experiment (Dugatkin et al. 1994).
At the moment, Mr. Kapor is trying to avoid those shoals himself.
"I wish you godspeed on your journey," he wrote, "and may you safely avoid the shoals and reefs that wrecked your protagonist".
Because big grants usually go to established institutions like the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, and small grants to innovative and possibly troublesome organizations like the Kitchen, a performance arts space in downtown Manhattan, some observers have long argued that the way to help the endowment avoid dangerous shoals is to eliminate or reduce the number of small grants.
Capital holders would redeploy more of their assets on the basis of opportunities rather than to avoid tax shoals.
We'll average 18 ships a day and close to 7,000 a year". Without pilots, American commerce would grind to a halt, with captains guessing where to steer their ships to avoid rocks, shoals and other hazards.
In order to engage, and to avoid some shoals (known as the Middle Ground) near the mouth of the bay, Graves around 2 00 pm ordered his whole fleet to wear, a manoeuvre that reversed his line of battle, but enabled it to line up with the French fleet as its ships exited the bay.
Previous studies have shown that fish exhibit aversion behaviour to limit contact with parasites and avoid joining shoals that contain parasitised members (e.g., [34], [35]).
At the same time Peckham was attempting to alert Brown of the impending grounding, Morris again approached Brown and recommended coming right to avoid the shoal water.
