wordplay - Bridge words - word pairs linked by the front and back

Wanted to try out a new puzzle. Doesn't seem like an original idea, so the concept may already be out there. Please let me know if so and I'll put a link back to it. Also, not sure if it will be too easy or too hard, so please add your comments below. (Edit: I've made a second such puzzle here)

Find a pair of "bridge words" to fill in the gaps of the sentences below. Bridge words are words where the last $n\geq3$ letters of the first word are the same as the first $n$ letters of the second word. The words must then both be more than $n$ letters long.

For example:
Q: I hurled away boredom. I flung away drabness. I _______ _______.
A: I catapulted tediousness.

Okay, here goes:

1. Sometimes we torture people. Sometimes we don't. We ______ our ______.


2. I object to objects. In fact, I have a ______ for _______.


3. I measured our location through the _______, while keeping track of our distance on the _______.


4. The trouble with _________ _________, is that kids and drunkards end up dancing on them.


5. Despite his __________ tone, my sense were all ______.


6. The runny-nosed trebuchet operating was basically a ________ ________.


7. It's much smaller, but leaves a remainder. It's an ______ _______. (This is quite a technical word)


8. I don't care about the strength. _________ is _________.


9. If ________ your _______ is confirmed, you may be eligible to become king!



10. They punched each other without speaking. The _______ were rather _____.

Hint:

$n\geq4$ and mostly $n=5$.

Answer

^{Since several people have provided different parts of the answer, I figured it made sense to make a single community-wiki answer that pulls together all the parts.}

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1. Sometimes we torture people. Sometimes we don't. We ______ our ______.

intersperse/persecution

2. I object to objects. In fact, I have a ______ for _______.

loathing/things

3. I measured our location through the _______, while keeping track of our distance on the _______.

astrodome/odometer

4. The trouble with _________ _________, is that kids and drunkards end up dancing on them.

unstable/tables

5. Despite his __________ tone, my sense were all ______.

accommodating/atingle

6. The runny-nosed trebuchet operating was basically a ________ ________.

snuffling flinger

7. It's much smaller, but leaves a remainder. It's an ______ _______.

piddling lingerer or aliquot quotient

8. I don't care about the strength. _________ is _________.

Sturdiness/inessential

9. If ________ your _______ is confirmed, you may be eligible to become king!

perchance/ancestry

10. They punched each other without speaking. The _______ were rather _____.

fighters/terse