The phrase "avoided this wave" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone has successfully evaded or escaped a situation, trend, or challenge that is metaphorically described as a "wave."
Example: "Despite the challenges in the industry, she managed to stay ahead of the competition and avoided this wave of layoffs."
Alternatives: "dodged this wave" or "escaped this wave.".
After a timeout, Brian Cook of the Illini caught Sean Harrington's long inbounds pass but could not get off a shot in time, then could not avoid the wave of students rushing from the stands to celebrate the Badgers' first consecutive conference championships since 1923-24.
The Silver Tsunami is upon us, and it's becoming increasingly clear that to avoid the wave crashing down, the health tech and healthcare industries will need to navigate this together.
We were not traumatized by trying to "ride the wave" of these individuals--Trauma herein comes when you close yourself off and work to avoid that wave.
To avoid this undesirable effect of reflected waves on the standard boundaries, we establish artificial boundaries and find the appropriate artificial boundary conditions.
New York City, Mr. Giuliani said, should be able to avoid the waves of power blackouts that have plagued California, another state that moved quickly and aggressively toward deregulation in the 1990's.
The first is that Apple is using Digitude as a hired gun of sorts in its patent offensive, giving the company valuable patents to wield against its opponents (while avoiding the waves of press that are spurred by each new lawsuit).
As a result, Russia avoided a wave of bankruptcies and bank closings, an achievement that "somewhat surprised" most foreign analysts, Mr. Bogetic said.
On the next-to--last play of the game, Tennessee trailing by a touchdown, McNair avoided a wave of tacklers, shook off two hard tackles, then connected with Kevin Dyson for 16 yards.
Some, like Trojan Chicken, a developer of educational games in Spanish for schoolchildren, benefit from the heavy presence of the state across Uruguay's economy, which avoided the privatization wave of neighboring Latin American countries in the 1990s.
U.S. Bancorp's earnings fell, but it seems to have avoided the tidal wave that has engulfed its peers.
