He must be disguised to avoid encounters with thieves.

The listener, often feeling overwhelmed by the criticism, tended to avoid future encounters.

What did he do to avoid encounters with people?

Islam places the burden of avoiding sexual encounters of any sort on the woman.

In most circumstances, Kodiak bears are shy and attempt to avoid encounters with people.

"I will plan better in the future and work hard to avoid such encounters."

He sailed a route that deliberately took him away from the coast to avoid encounters with the British.

Reluctant to act upon his homosexuality, he twice avoided sexual encounters with different men.

This avoids frequent encounters with staff that focus on the patient's desire to obtain a drug.

Most of the time, however, the dogs prefer to avoid encounters with competitors in the first place.