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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def away_abbreviation(self):
 """ Returns a ``string`` of the away team's abbreviation, such as 'NWE'. """

        abbr = re.sub(r'.*/teams/', '', str(self._away_name))
        abbr = re.sub(r'/.*', '', abbr)
        return abbr