The phrase "appear to tackle" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's perceived approach or effort to address a particular issue or challenge.
Example: "The report appears to tackle the ongoing concerns about climate change effectively."
Alternatives: "seem to address" or "seem to confront".
It does not even appear to tackle the talentless show head-on, despite borrowing the title and screening excerpts, cut up into processed fragments, with the sound replaced by live electronic music.
In fact, the authors write, they "appear to tackle the mainstream questions within the field … by leveraging newer ideas that arise in other domains".
They could appear to tackle their race problem while punting the harder, more pointed matter: taking a stance on the president's racism and figuring out what to do about the mounting racial extremism among their base.
Just as the mascot is about to win, the Animal appears to tackle it, allowing for a happy ending.
Naked Pictures (Of Your Mother) appears to tackle the one subject even rock's blackest satirists, Eminem and Marilyn Manson, have steered clear of: US foreign policy.
At a conference only hours after the British PM arrived in Delhi on a trade mission aimed at boosting economic ties, Narendra Modi appeared to tackle one of India's biggest demands of the UK.
Yasmina Reza's latest novel, "Adam Haberberg," like her hit play, "Art," is a polished, pared-down, professionally turned production that appears to tackle big ideas — Time, Mortality, the Possibility of Human Connection, the Meaninglessness of Life — but does so with the paint-by-numbers breeziness of a television mini-series.
First, as Italy rampaged their way to within metres of the Welsh line, Biggar appeared to tackle Tommaso Benvenuti without the ball as the centre tried to scoop it up and touch down.
A pair of San Antonio high school football players have been suspended from their team and their school after they appeared to tackle a field official during a Friday night game.
At first glance, the Irish appear to be tackling their plight with a wit that is self-deprecating and ever so slightly proud.
