The phrase "appears to clash" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a situation where two ideas, opinions, or elements seem to be in conflict or disagreement.
Example: "The new policy appears to clash with the existing regulations, leading to confusion among employees."
Alternatives: "seems to conflict" or "appears to be in opposition".
The report issued here today appears to clash with one issued on May 14 by the Food and Drug Administration.
The idea, however tentative, appears to clash with the billions of pounds Britain spent on the Olympics, partly to drive up the country's reputation.
The Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, has voiced support for Kurdish statehood, taking a position that appears to clash with the US preference to keep sectarian war-torn Iraq united.
He also appears to clash with the shadow chancellor, Alan Johnson, by saying a 50p tax rate for those earning more than £150,000 should be permanent, as a way of creating greater equality in Britain.
This position appears to clash with the one taken by the 15-country European Union, which has come out in favor of "global restrictions on all forms of advertising and promotion of tobacco products, and a total ban on cross-border advertising".
His opinion appears to clash with MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, who has made speeding the game up a priority since taking over for Bud Selig in 2013.
This, on first appearance, would appear to clash with the idea that a proposition's truth is not its conformity to anything in God, but rather to the state of affairs in the world whose obtaining it asserts; but this appearance is deceptive.
He later appeared to clash with Sen. Marco Rubio, as the Republican lawmaker was being interviewed by reporters.
In all, the standards would appear to clash with almost any American film, other than, perhaps, the PG-rated animated fare of a DreamWorks Animation.
The move to expand the H-2B visa program appeared to clash with the Trump administration's repeated message about a crisis on the southern border.
The areas where editorial opinions seem to merge and where they appear to clash, from one country to another, offer a subtler taste of the Arab street than Western news audiences typically have access to.
